{
  "id": 12481384,
  "title": "Pneumonic plague: What we know about treatment and transmission of this disease that has 'not disappeared from the planet'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/pneumonic-plague-what-we-know-about-treatment-and-transmission-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T21:59:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/10/06/pneumonic-plague-what-we-know-about-treatment-and-transmission-of-this-disease-that-has-not-disappeared-from-the-planet_6758333_114.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The death of an employee at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia on Friday, October 2, has sparked concern despite reassurances from Russian authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO).",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}