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Trump says US will help Russia amid suspected plague lab death

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President Trump said Monday the US would help Russia address a potential pneumonic plague case, though he had not spoken with President Putin about it. The comments followed the death of Darya Shipilova, 28, a worker at Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute. Russian officials say she died of "pneumonia of unknown etiology," with no pathogen tied to her work confirmed. No additional deaths have been reported; quarantines remain in place at five hospitals and the institute.

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