U.S. monitoring potential deadly case of the plague in Russia

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U.S. monitoring potential deadly case of the plague in Russia

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Published on Oct 6, 2026, 4:08:04 PM
Total time: 00:09:18

Episode Description

Well, this is comforting: the plague might be back. Yay? Right now, the U.S. is closely tracking a fatal case of suspected "pneumonic plague" linked to a research facility in Russia. Russian officials say a young lab worker at an institute in Siberia died after she was diagnosed with "pneumonia of an unknown cause." But the Russians -- as you might expect -- say there were no accidents and the situation is stable. They said the same thing about the Chornobyl disaster 40 years ago, so Holly and Greg aren't inclined to really trust them.

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