WorldPingThe World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab.
Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.
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Read the full report at NPR HealthWorldPingThe World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.
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WorldPingA top official with the World Health Organization said Wednesday it doesn’t know how a lab worker in Siberia died, and she urged Russia to provide more information about a case that prompted global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague.
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WorldPing‘Transparent information sharing’ from Moscow is required to conduct full risk assessment, UN agency says The World Health Organization has said it does not have the “full picture” from Russia following the suspected death from plague last week of a…
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WorldPingFears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.
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Russia says it's open to a Trump-Putin phone call as concern and questions mount over a woman's death of "pneumonia of unknown origin."…
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Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation earlier this week in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia over suspected exposure to plague.
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