A young lab worker died inside a Siberian plague institute. Russia says it was pneumonia. Here is every twist as it happens.
New to this? What is pneumonic plague? The facts, explained simply
New to the story? Our plain guide explains what pneumonic plague is, how it spreads and how it is cured. Read the story
Senator Rand Paul spreads an MIT scientist's warning that the germ may be drug-resistant, or not plague at all. Read the story
CNN reports the death has set off alarms across the Trump administration and a race to gather intelligence. Read the story
No Trump-Putin call about the outbreak has been confirmed by either side yet. Read the story
The US Embassy in Moscow issues a health alert naming suspected pneumonic plague in Irkutsk. Read the story
Washington sends Russia a formal demand for information about the case. Read the story
Russian officials say no plague has been found. Read the story
Trump says the US is ready to help. Antibiotics reportedly sell out across the Irkutsk region. Read the story
A 28-year-old technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute dies in hospital. Russia calls it pneumonia of unknown origin. Read the story
Plague is normally stopped with a week of antibiotics. Russia sealed hospitals instead. An MIT biosecurity expert says that points to a germ drugs can't stop, or something else entirely, and Senator Rand Paul is spreading the warning.
Read the storyThe US Embassy in Moscow put out a health alert about suspected pneumonic plague in Siberia. Inside it sits a familiar order: Americans in Russia should depart immediately. Was the outbreak the reason?
Read the storyThe Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has hunted plague across half of Russia since 1934. Here is what it does, where the disease still lives, and what the latest reporting says about the young technician's death.
Read the storyRussia says there is no plague, yet a Siberian hospital is handing out plague checklists. Here is how pneumonic plague spreads, how it is cured, and how worried you actually need to be.
Read the storyA plague lab worker in Siberia died of what Russia calls pneumonia. The world is sceptical because Moscow has hidden deadly lab outbreaks before, once for 13 years.
Read the storyA 28-year-old technician at a Siberian anti-plague institute died two days after reaching hospital. Hospitals were sealed, nearly 200 people isolated, and now Trump says he will raise it with Putin.
Read the storyTrump says a call with Putin about the suspected plague case in Siberia is coming "very soon". Washington wants data, the WHO wants answers, and the Kremlin says thanks but there is nothing to see.
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