U.S. Formally Seeks Information From Russia About Possible Plague Death NYT - Home Page By: Paul Sonne and Edward Wong 7 October 2026 at 11:17 The lack of details from the Russian authorities has unnerved U.S. officials and others around the world. © Tatyana Makeyeva/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. An employee of the institute died of a mysterious pneumonia.
Rumors Are Swirling of a Plague Outbreak in Russia. Here’s What We Know. NYT - Home Page By: Ivan Nechepurenko 7 October 2026 at 13:16 The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. © ReutersAn infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residents “not to spread rumors.”
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