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Q&A: Russian plague scare
October 09, 2026
RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 9 -- The University of California Riverside campus posted the following news:

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Q&A: Russian plague scare

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The reported death of 28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Siberia, Russia, has raised questions about a possible exposure to pneumonic plague and prompted calls for greater transparency. Yersinia pestis is a Gram-negative, rod-sha . . .

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