Researcher At Russian Plague Laboratory Dies of 'Unknown' Infection

“Russian health authorities have taken precautionary measures in response to the death of a woman who worked at an anti-plague research facility,” reports Axios, “but have not confirmed that she contracted plague.” On Sept. 25, 28-year-old Daria Shipilova, who worked at an anti-plague research institute in Russia’s Irkutsk region, broke a test tube containing the pneumonic plague pathogen, local reports said. Shipilova was admitted to a hospital on Sept.