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Russia's reassurances only fuel anxiety over suspected plague outbreak in Siberia

Authorities say the death of a laboratory worker in Irkutsk was not caused by the plague bacterium. But the scale of the quarantine measures, conflicting official statements and information censorship have raised questions.

Russia's reassurances only fuel anxiety over suspected plague outbreak in Siberia

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Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death

Nairobi: Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the…

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