People stroll along the river in Irkutsk, Russia, where the recent death of a lab technician prompted quarantines. | Hao Jianwei/Xinhua via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The death of a 28-year-old lab tech halfway around the world is not typically the sort of thing the White House monitors. But when that tech dies of severe pneumonia…while working at a Siberian plague research lab…foreign governments (and pretty much everyone in my timeline) tend to...
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Oct 5, 2026 • 38 minutes ago
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