Day: October 10, 2026

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Death In The Lab, Panic In The Media, And The Old Demons Of Biothreats

In early October 2026, 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died in Russia’s Irkutsk Region. The official wording from Rospotrebnadzor was pneumonia of undetermined etiology. No microorganisms linked to her professional activities were found in the samples. Two commissions […]