Category: Plague
Outbreak News Today: Madagascar-Plague cases reported, At least 3 are pneumonic
The Madagascar Ministry of Health recently reported plague cases in South Midongy state. Health officials report three cases of pneumonic plague, Test results are still pending on other suspected cases, which are suspected as being bubonic plague.
Oct 22, 2026
PBS: Does a Russian lab worker’s death carry pandemic risk? Experts say it’s unlikely, with one caveat
A laboratory worker at an anti-plague research lab in Siberia died of an illness, and a local official initially reported the woman had died “possibly from the plague.” The earliest reports sounded like the death followed an accidental lab exposure to pneumonic plague, the World Health Organization reported.
Oct 16, 2026
UN News: ‘No plague case’ in Siberia, Russia tells WHO as assessments continue
Russian regulators told WHO on Tuesday that there was no evidence pneumonic plague played a part in her death and that no pathogens had been detected, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. About 200 of her contacts have been placed in quarantine.
Oct 9, 2026
BBC: Why a global outbreak of pneumonic plague is unlikely
A Russian lab technician has died at a plague research centre in Siberia, but there are many reasons pneumonic plague is usually easily contained.
Oct 9, 2026
AP: UN health agency wants more details from Russia on suspected pneumonic plague case
A 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.
Oct 9, 2026
AP: How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies
The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that Russian authorities have reported no case of plague in a Siberian region where a woman who worked at a laboratory that studies the disease died of pneumonia last week.
Oct 7, 2026
Axios: CDC Monitoring Russian plague risk, “prepared” for any threat
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is monitoring reports of a suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia and says it is prepared for any threat that emerges.
Oct 7, 2026
U.S. News & World Report: A Russian Report Says a Worker at a Siberian Plague Institute Fell Ill and Died of an Unknown Cause
Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring contacts of an employee at a plague research institute in Siberia who contracted pneumonia of an “unknown” cause. Local state TV said the woman died last week.
Oct 5, 2026
Axios: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday.
Oct 5, 2026
News Nation: Russian researcher dies from suspected plague infection; 200 monitored
The State Department says it is closely monitoring reports that a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia may have killed a laboratory researcher and exposed nearly 200 people.
Oct 5, 2026