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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US is closely monitoring the case of a Russian anti-plague institute worker who reportedly died of plague following a possible lab accident in Irkutsk, Siberia, as quarantine measures were imposed and officials issued conflicting accounts.
This study refines the phylochronology of the second plague pandemic in Western Eurasia, enhancing our understanding of its historical spread and timing.
Ancient DNA from plague bacteria found in teeth of hunter-gatherers in Siberia reveals the earliest known plague outbreak, challenging assumptions that plague emerged with farming.