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Cause of Death Unclear After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies of Severe Pneumonia

WHO has requested Russia’s laboratory data including genome sequencing to determine if Yersinia pestis was involved.

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Russian Lab Technician’s Death Remains Unexplained as WHO Seeks Verification

Report Says Russian Plague-Lab Worker Died After Possible Pneumonic Exposure

Russian Anti‑Plague Lab Worker Died of Pneumonia of Unknown Cause, Officials Say

Russian Anti-Plague Lab Worker Dies as Tests and Probe Continue

Irkutsk Anti‑Plague Technician Dies of Unknown Pneumonia as Tests Find No Lab Pathogens

Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies; Nearly 200 Placed Under Medical Observation

Ancient Plague Killed Siberian Hunter-Gatherers 5,500 Years Ago

Plague Hit Lake Baikal Hunter‑Gatherers 5,500 Years Ago

Study Finds Lethal Plague Hit Lake Baikal About 5,500 Years Ago

First Systematically Located Black Death Mass Grave Found Near Erfurt

Ancient Sheep Yields First Non-Human Bronze Age Plague Genome, Recasting Disease Spread

Ancient DNA at Jerash Confirms Yersinia pestis as Cause of the Justinian Plague

South Lake Tahoe Resident Diagnosed With Bubonic Plague After Camping Trip

California Confirms Bubonic Plague Case Linked to Flea Bite Near Lake Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe Resident Tests Positive for Plague After Likely Flea Bite

Bronze Age Sheep Genome Links Livestock to Prehistoric Eurasian Plague

Northern Arizona Reports First Pneumonic Plague Death Since 2007

Plague Bacterium Evolved to Milder Forms, Extending Pandemics

Ancient Volcanic Eruption Linked to Neolithic Sun Stone Rituals