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PLAGUE SCARE: US monitors mysterious death at Russian lab

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The U.S. is closely monitoring reports of a mysterious death at a plague research facility in Siberia as Russian authorities trace contacts and the WHO says the current public risk is low. Fox News contributor Dr. Jessica Gray explains pneumonic plague transmission, treatment and why she is not curr

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All three outlets center the same basic frame of a suspected plague-related death at a Russian lab and the resulting concern around it. Fox News twice emphasizes U.S. monitoring and adds that Russian authorities are tracing contacts and that the WHO says current public risk is low. The Hill’s extract uniquely notes a worker death from an “unknown” infection and says 200 people were quarantined, while Breaking Points is the only one to frame the story as a bioweapons leak from a known Russian lab.

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