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Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague, 200 under observation
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A laboratory worker in Russia has died of suspected plague, and around 200 people have entered medical observation in response. The suspected form is pneumonic plague, caused by the same bacterium as bubonic plague, which can spread between people through airborne respiratory droplets. Health authorities are monitoring contacts while investigations into the death and its source continue.
Why now: Fears of a historically deadly, contagious disease resurfacing, potentially linked to a laboratory, are drawing attention.
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