Russian Lab Worker’s Death Sparks Plague Fears as Nearly 200 People Are Monitored

A laboratory worker’s death in Siberia has triggered hospital quarantines and reports that nearly 200 people are under medical observation. Authorities are investigating a suspected plague infection, although the cause of her fatal pneumonia remains unconfirmed. The case involves an employee of Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, a facility that studies dangerous infectious diseases. Local...