Reports of a lab worker dying in Russia after allegedly being exposed to plague have raised concerns, even as the WHO says ...

The World Health Organization said Russian authorities had identified all of the people who had been in contact with a ...

Scientists say that if the woman did die of plague, it is unlikely to have spread widely around Russia or to other countries.

The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East was set up in 1934 to control plague outbreaks. Its founding scientist helped quell outbreaks in Siberia, Mo ...

The reported death of a 28-year-old laboratory technician in eastern Siberia has triggered regional quarantines and ...

Russia has told the WHO that no plague cases were recorded in Irkutsk after a 28-year-old worker at an anti-plague research ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 6 he had scheduled a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin over a laboratory ...

A possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a "very low" risk outside the country, according to the World Health ...

President Donald Trump is set to talk to Russian president Vladimir Putin “very soon” in the wake of growing suspected pneumonic plague fears stemming from the death of a female ...

The World Health Organization says public risks are low after a plague center worker's death, but Marco Rubio says Moscow should "share more information with the world." ...

Today, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Russia to release more details, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said it’s “closely monitoring the situation.” Scientists ...