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  "id": 12697496,
  "title": "Russian 'Plague' Death: What We Know and Don't Know",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/russian-plague-death-what-we-know-and-dont-know",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T18:49:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/123307"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- While initial reports said a 28-year-old Russian researcher from an infectious diseases institute in Siberia died of pneumonic plague, Russian health authorities have denied that story, according to World Health Organization...",
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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."
}