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Irkutsk Lab Worker Confirmed Dead From Plague as Nearly 200 Contacts Are Isolated

Quarantines and testing are under way as experts and investigators question official accounts of how the worker became infected.

Ancient Plague Killed Siberian Hunter-Gatherers 5,500 Years Ago

Plague Hit Lake Baikal Hunter‑Gatherers 5,500 Years Ago

Study Finds Lethal Plague Hit Lake Baikal About 5,500 Years Ago

First Systematically Located Black Death Mass Grave Found Near Erfurt

Ancient Sheep Yields First Non-Human Bronze Age Plague Genome, Recasting Disease Spread

Ancient DNA at Jerash Confirms Yersinia pestis as Cause of the Justinian Plague

South Lake Tahoe Resident Diagnosed With Bubonic Plague After Camping Trip

California Confirms Bubonic Plague Case Linked to Flea Bite Near Lake Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe Resident Tests Positive for Plague After Likely Flea Bite

Bronze Age Sheep Genome Links Livestock to Prehistoric Eurasian Plague

Northern Arizona Reports First Pneumonic Plague Death Since 2007

Plague Bacterium Evolved to Milder Forms, Extending Pandemics

Ancient Volcanic Eruption Linked to Neolithic Sun Stone Rituals

4,000-Year-Old Massacre in Britain Reveals Unprecedented Bronze Age Violence

Human Case of Plague Confirmed in Colorado

Ancient Plague Linked to Collapse of Europe's First Farmers

Rare Bubonic Plague Case Detected in Oregon

Oregon Reports First Plague Case Since 2015 Linked to Pet Cat