Rachael Piltch-Loeb
researcher
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It may be helpful to know that plague does show up in the U.S., too,
- said Piltch-LoebHuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/people…
The pneumonic form, which gets into the lungs, is the one public health officials worry about most,
- said Piltch-LoebHuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/people…
Right now, there is a lot we do not know... There have been media reports about how she may have been exposed at work, but those details haven’t been confirmed by Russian health authorities,
- Dr. Rachael Piltch-Loeb, an assistant professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy in New York, told HuffPost via emailHuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/people…
Earlier
Mystery surrounds young worker's death at Russia lab studying severe diseases
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…More than a week after a young plague researcher’s mysterious death from pneumonia, Russia has still not publicly identified the pathogen that killed her
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/10…