Pneumonic plague is the only form of plague that can be transmitted from human to human.

After reports that a lab technician's death was possibly linked to pneumonic plague in Russia, U.S. officials said they are ...

First, in recent years, the number of patients in Japan has been rapidly increasing for "Pulmonary NTM disease," which is ...

The suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia has put plague back in the global spotlight. But plague is not one single ...

It is among the deadliest diseases in the world, capable of killing its victims within 24 hours if left untreated. And this week, the plague has been thrust back into the spotlight.

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 ...

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on October 2, prompting authorities to quarantine about 200 people and causing public ...

In early October 2026, news spread across the world that “a 28-year-old female employee working at a plague research ...

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Russia also informed the World Health Organization that there were no confirmed plague cases in Irkutsk and that people ...

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