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Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of 'unknown' infection, reports say
KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst) and Trending Politics describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedReports say U.S. health officials are monitoring after a Russian lab worker died of an unknown infection | What we know so far.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of 'unknown' infection, reports say". The right frames it as "Quarantine Declared After Russian Plague Researcher Dies From ‘Unknown Infection’ In Sibe...".
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CenterResearcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of 'unknown' infection, reports say
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightQuarantine Declared After Russian Plague Researcher Dies From ‘Unknown Infection’ In Siberia
Quarantine Declared After Russian Plague Researcher Dies From ‘Unknown Infection’ In Siberia
Russian health authorities placed nearly 200 people under medical observation and applied quarantine measures at medical facilities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region after a laboratory employee d...
