Plague

[Brief] CDC Says It Is Monitoring Russian Plague Risk and 'Prepared' for Any Threat

According to Axios, the US CDC is monitoring recent plague-related public health risks in Russia and is prepared to respond. This is the CDC’s first formal response after a Russian researcher died from pneumonic plague and approximately 200 people were placed under quarantine observation.

Russian Lab Worker Dies from Plague, Nearly 200 Quarantined

A researcher in Russia’s Far East has died after contracting pneumonic plague in a laboratory setting, with authorities hospitalizing approximately 200 close contacts for quarantine monitoring. The disease has drawn external scrutiny of safety management at Russia’s high-containment biological laboratories, and the State Department has asked the U.S. embassy in Moscow to monitor the situation.