Trump says US is ‘willing to help’ with potential plague outbreak in Russia

Published October 5, 2026 4:16pm ET | Updated October 5, 2026 4:16pm ET



President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is “willing to help” Russia contain the potential outbreak of a pneumonic plague in the country.

Nearly 200 Russian citizens were placed under medical observation in eastern Siberia over the weekend following the illness and death of an anti-plague researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute.

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