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A Lab Worker’s Death Is Raising Plague Fears in Russia. What Do Experts Want to Know?

8 October 2026 at 11:09
Missing details about the death of a lab worker, including the cause, are worrying scientists.

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Russian health officials have not linked the death of a lab worker to infection with Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague.

Russia Says It Found No β€˜Emergency’ in Plague Lab

7 October 2026 at 14:20
New information around the death of a lab worker, including a statement that she had been vaccinated against the plague, came as U.S. officials demanded more data.

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The entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. An employee of the institute died of a mysterious pneumonia.

In a New Anthropic Lab, A.I. Turns to Biology

25 September 2026 at 14:42
Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown.

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Anthropic’s San Francisco headquarters.
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