The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent's population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

Fears of a 'black death plague' have exploded after a woman died of the plague, sparking claims Baba Vanga predicted a ...

No official cause of her pneumonia has been confirmed, and Russian health officials say that none of the deceased individual's close contacts tested positive for the plague. Pneumonic plague is a rare ...

Early this October, a 28-year-old technical laboratory scientist named Darya Shipilova died in a hospital in Siberia.

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A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. Few foreigners have visited ...

Russian authorities say the situation is stable and there are no reports of secondary cases.

On October 1, 2026, the inpatient unit at the district hospital in Shelekhov, in Russia’s Irkutsk region, closed because of a suspected “especially dangerous infection.” Media outlets later reported ...

Five hospitals in total have so far been closed for quarantining in Siberia, thanks to a possible plague outbreak with special service vehicles helping to transport those suspected to be infection ...

Conflicting information about the death of a lab worker at a Russian plague research institute has fueled fears about the possibility of pneumonic plague spreading. Nearly 200 people are in ...

A lab worker's death in Siberia has sparked fears of plague. Here is what you need to know about the risk.