{
  "id": 12934885,
  "title": "Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-Up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/russias-silence-on-possible-plague-outbreak-stokes-fears-of-a-cover-up",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-08T18:22:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/world/europe/russia-plague-outbreak.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little information about potential bad news.",
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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."
}