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Plague in Siberia: Lab worker dies after test-tube accident; 200 contacts monitored

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01:31 UTC00:00 UTC32 publications
Publications in order of reporting
#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstTimes of IndiaPlague in Siberia: Lab worker dies after test-tube accident; 200 contacts monitored by TIMESOFINDIA.COM
2+17 hours 10 minutesThe Kyiv IndependentPlague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia by Abbey Fenbert
3+18 hours 30 minutesMother JonesReports of a Lethal Virus Outbreak in Russia Follow the Death of a Researcher by Arianna Coghill
4+18 hours 47 minutesAxiosScoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia by Alex Isenstadt
5+22 hours 34 minutesFox NewsUS monitoring suspected fatal pneumonic plague case in Russia, State Department official says
6+25 hoursHacker NewsNearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies from Plague
7+26 hours 36 minutesAl JazeeraRussian lab worker dies of suspected plague in Siberia; US monitoring case
8+32 hours 16 minutesSky NewsRussian lab worker 'dies of suspected plague' as 200 under observation
9+34 hours 26 minutesDeutsche WelleSuspected pneumonic plague in Siberia: What we know about the disease
10+35 hours 15 minutesFrance 24¿Peste pulmonar en Siberia? Europa sigue el caso mientras Rusia pide calma by France 24
11+35 hours 21 minutesABC NewsRussian report says Siberian plague institute worker fell ill, died of unknown cause
12+35 hours 41 minutesThe HillWorries grow about suspected plague outbreak in Russia by Max Rego
13+36 hours 6 minutesFinancial Times (paywall)US ‘monitoring’ situation around suspected case of plague in Russia
14+36 hours 8 minutesMedPage TodayMystery Pneumonia Death Sparks Concern; Trader Joe's Recall; OUD in Young People
15+36 hours 47 minutesNew Scientist (limited free articles)Nearly 200 people isolated after lab worker in Russia dies of plague by Michael Le Page
16+37 hours 40 minutesArs TechnicaMass quarantine issued in Russia after unexplained death of plague researcher by Beth Mole
17+39 hours 1 minuteCBS NewsRussia plays down reported plague lab death and says, trust us
18+39 hours 43 minutesSouth China Morning Post (limited free articles)After plague death reports at Siberia lab, Russia says ‘situation under control’
19+43 hours 57 minutesThe New York Times (limited free articles)Russia Moves to Tamp Down Rumors About Plague Outbreak in Siberia by Ivan Nechepurenko
20+47 hours 25 minutesThe Japan TimesDozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies
21+50 hours 58 minutesSciencePossible plague death at a Siberian lab baffles scientists by Martin Enserink
22+52 hours 10 minutesPhys.orgRussia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died
23+55 hours 18 minutesNPRA plague research employee in Russia died from an unknown cause. Here's what we know by Charles Maynes
24+60 hours 1 minuteBBCWatch: How Russia responded to US after plague researcher death
25+62 hours 7 minutesThe Economist (paywall)The plague may have escaped from a lab in Siberia
26+69 hours 38 minutesWIREDYou Probably Aren’t Going to Get the Plague by Emily Mullin
27+70 hours 10 minutesSTAT (paywall)Opinion: Infectious disease expert: The mysterious pneumonia in Russia deserves attention, not panic by Krutika Kuppalli
28+71 hours 2 minutesBusiness Insider (limited free articles)Everything we know about the suspected plague case in Russia so far by Julia Pugachevsky
29+78 hours 25 minutesBloomberg (limited free articles)Russia Plague Concerns, Israel Oct. 7 Anniversary, More by ANDREW GAVIN
30+89 hours 28 minutesScientific American (limited free articles)A suspected case of pneumonic plague is raising fears of an outbreak. Should you be worried?
31+91 hours 14 minutesThe GuardianWHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death by Luke Harding
32+94 hours 28 minutesNaturePlague scare: what scientists know — and what Russia won’t say by Max Kozlov

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Audience lean comes from Robertson, R. E., Jiang, S., Joseph, K., Friedland, L., Lazer, D., and Wilson, C. (2018), Auditing Partisan Audience Bias within Google Search, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2(CSCW), article 148, used with the authors' permission. The score shows which party's registered voters, on Twitter, shared an outlet's links more. It is not a rating of the outlet's own slant, and it dates from 2018. See how we use it.