Russian Plague Lab Worker Dies After Test Tube Accident
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A 28-year-old researcher at Siberia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died after reportedly breaking a test tube containing live plague bacteria, prompting nearly 200 people to be placed under medical observation. The US is monitoring the case closely, though Russian officials say the woman's cause of death was 'pneumonia of unknown origin.'
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