The lab from where a dangerous infection leaked
A lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Russia died after a test tube containing Yersinia pestis bacteria broke. The 28-year-old, identified as Daria Shipilova, was hospitalized and placed on a ventilator before her death on October 2. The incident has raised global concerns about a potential pneumonic plague outbreak, despite reassurances from Russian authorities.