Did a Russian lab worker die from pneumonic plague? What we know — and don't know

Muzammil Hussain October 07, 2026

A photograph taken inside a medical laboratory shows two people, in white plastic hazmat suit with masks and goggles over their faces, with their hands reaching inside a glass case, white gloves, holding vials next to other research equipment.

An unnerving story has emerged from southeastern Russia involving the death of 28-year-old woman from pneumonia and fears that she may have been exposed to a form of plague at the lab where she worked. But the

An unnerving story has emerged from southeastern Russia involving the death of 28-year-old woman from pneumonia and fears that she may have been exposed to a form of plague at the lab where she worked. But the A photograph taken inside a medical laboratory shows two people, in white plastic hazmat suit with masks and goggles over their faces, with their hands reaching inside a glass case, white gloves, holding vials next to other research equipment.

A photograph taken inside a medical laboratory shows two people, in white plastic hazmat suit with masks and goggles over their faces, with their hands reaching inside a glass case, white gloves, holding vials next to other research equipment.

An unnerving story has emerged from southeastern Russia involving the death of 28-year-old woman from pneumonia and fears that she may have been exposed to a form of plague at the lab where she worked. But the

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