{
  "id": 12679223,
  "title": "Russian plague scare: An expert explains what we know so far—and why there's no need to panic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/russian-plague-scare-an-expert-explains-what-we-know-so-far-and-why",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T17:40:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-russian-plague-expert-panic.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Russia, has died just days after falling ill with an undisclosed illness.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}