Worries grow about suspected plague outbreak in Russia

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Authorities in Russia and officials in the Trump administration are monitoring a possible pneumonic plague outbreak after a laboratory worker died of an undisclosed illness. The worker reportedly had pneumonia of unknown origin, and Russian health officials have not confirmed the cause.

Russian authorities and Trump administration officials are monitoring a possible pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, after a laboratory worker died of an undisclosed illness. The woman, in her late 20s, reportedly worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Institute of Siberia and the Far East and died of pneumonia of unknown origin, according to Rospotrebnadzor, a Russian health…