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  "id": 15453314,
  "title": "The Guardian view on plague in Russia: what is most worrying is the lack of information | Editorial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/the-guardian-view-on-plague-in-russia-what-is-most-worrying-is-the-15453314",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:30:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/18/the-guardian-view-on-plague-in-russia-what-is-most-worrying-is-the-lack-of-information"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the three weeks since a health worker’s death in Siberia, officials have stonewalled the WHO – setting a worrying precedent for future pandemics Is there a plague outbreak in Russia? If the answer were a clear yes, there shouldn’t be much reason to worry. With swift medical intervention, plague is treatable. But in the nearly three weeks since a worker at a Siberian plague research unit died…",
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        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "The Guardian view on plague in Russia: what is most worrying is the lack of information | Editorial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/the-guardian-view-on-plague-in-russia-what-is-most-worrying-is-the",
        "published": "2026-10-18T16:30:04.000Z"
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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."
}