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  "id": 12855482,
  "title": "Russian plague scare: Everything we know as health chief calls for information",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/russian-plague-scare-everything-we-know-as-health-chief-calls-for-12855482",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-08T11:09:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/10/08/russian-plague-scare-everything-we-know-as-health-chief-calls-for-information/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The World Health Organisation has demanded more information following the death of a laboratory worker at a Russian plague research laboratory. Danya Shipilova, 28, a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Siberia, died on October 2 after developing pneumonia of undetermined cause. Russia has placed more than 200 people in quarantine after the incident. The…",
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        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Russian plague scare: Everything we know as health chief calls for information",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/russian-plague-scare-everything-we-know-as-health-chief-calls-for",
        "published": "2026-10-08T11:09:40.000Z"
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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."
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