{
  "id": 12676502,
  "title": "CDC sees low plague risk, monitors Siberia arrivals after worker death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/cdc-sees-low-plague-risk-monitors-siberia-arrivals-after-worker-death",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T17:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261008/cdc-sees-low-plague-risk-monitors-siberia-arrivals-after-worker-death"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has assessed the risk of pneumonic plague from Siberia as extremely low. According to CDC director Erica Schwartz, around 200 flights from Siberia arrive in the US, and the agency is working with other government departments to monitor and screen travelers.\n\nA laboratory technician, Darya Shipilova, aged 28, died in Siberia after contracting plague, according to Euronews. Russia's public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, reported that nearly 5,000 laboratory tests had detected no dangerous pathogens and that over 90% of those who had contact with Shipilova had completed medical monitoring.\n\nThe Kremlin has dismissed reports of a second suspected plague case in Siberia, stating that most media reports on the situation are \"false\". The cause of Shipilova's death remains undetermined, with Russian authorities saying she died of pneumonia.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "CDC sees low plague risk, monitors Siberia arrivals after worker death",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/cdc-sees-low-plague-risk-monitors-siberia-arrivals-after-worker-death-12680029",
        "published": "2026-10-07T18:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "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."
}