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Russian authorities say no plague cases have been detected after a 28-year-old laboratory technician died in Siberia from suspected pneumonic plague, while the US calls for transparency and the WHO monitors the situation. The institute where she worked says expanded autopsy testing found no plague pathogens, reporting instead COVID-19 and rhinovirus infections.
About 200 people who had contact with a female laboratory worker who died in Siberia have been quarantined, as Russian officials say they have found no evidence she was infected with plague. The woman, 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute and died last week with suspected pneumonic plague, though post-mortem tests showed no signs of the disease. The incident has raised global concern, with the US saying it is monitoring the situation.
A worker at a Russian plague-control institute in Siberia's Irkutsk region has died of suspected pneumonic plague, a US official says, with Washington monitoring the case alongside the CDC. Russian authorities have reported the patient as having pneumonia of unknown origin.
A coalition of Malaysian farmers, consumer groups, and environmentalists has called on the National Biosafety Board to reject a proposal for GM rice field trials. They warn of risks to food safety, biodiversity, and smallholder livelihoods, and urge a cautious, transparent review of the scientific and socio-economic evidence.
