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A plague research employee in Russia died from an unknown cause. Here's what we know

NPR | By Charles Maynes,
Leila Fadel
Published October 6, 2026 at 2:49 AM MDT

There are more questions than answers regarding the death of a plague research lab employee last week in Siberia. Here's what we do and don't know.

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