Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States is closely monitoring reports of a suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia. The reports follow the death of 28-year-old Daria Shipilova, an employee of a plague research institute in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, about 2,600 miles east of Moscow. Russian media have reported that hospitals were quarantined and dozens of people placed under observation after her death, although those reports have not been confirmed by Russian authorities.
U.S. President Donald Trump has offered to help Russia after a laboratory worker died following an illness at a plague research institute in Siberia, while the Russian authorities said the situation was under control.
“We��ll help,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday when asked about the case. “Everybody who has that kind of a problem, we’ll always help": https://t.co/pj4QN2gZwt
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak has hit a sobering milestone, surpassing 1,000 cases — the first U.S. outbreak to do so in 35 years.
The virus moved through communities where many children and adults have gone years without the two doses of measles vaccine. https://t.co/xDSzgjCZ51
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak has hit a sobering milestone, surpassing 1,000 cases — the first U.S. outbreak to do so in 35 years.
The virus moved through communities where many children and adults have gone years without the two doses of measles vaccine. https://t.co/xDSzgjCZ51
The White House is refusing to allow Politico to travel Monday on Air Force One with President Trump, the latest salvo in a fight that has seen officials restrict access to certain media outlets https://t.co/5ywzteQWBX