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U.S. monitors possible pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia
Original: U.S. monitoring potential pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia
U.S. health authorities are tracking reports of a potential pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia. The disease, a severe and often fatal form of plague that affects the lungs and can spread between people, has prompted close monitoring amid uncertainty over the scale of the reported cases. Officials are watching the situation for signs of wider transmission or international health risk.
Why now: Reports of a potentially contagious plague outbreak in Russia have raised concern about international public health risk.
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