Regions Calling: In Irkutsk, Locals Ask 'What Plague?'
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The death of a lab worker at a plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region soared to global headlines after local bloggers circulated unconfirmed reports and the head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia named “plague” as the suspected cause.
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