WHO probes ‘unanswered questions’ over Russian plague worker
Scant information provided by Russia means that a lab accident cannot be ruled out, say health experts
Health News in Russia
Real-time health news from Russia, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters Russia-relevant health coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=health&country=ru), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
Hong Kong steps up Russia arrival checks after Siberian lab worker’s death
Hong Kong will step up health surveillance measures for arrivals after a laboratory worker at an anti-plague research institute in Russia died from pneumonia, but authorities ha...
China Puts Border City on Alert over Russia Suspected Plague Case
A regional center for disease control and prevention (CDC) in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China, issued an announcement implementing “plague risk prevention” protocol in response...
WATCH: CDC director discusses US government response to Russian plague concerns: 'We are protected'
CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz says the agency is monitoring travelers from Siberia amid concerns about a pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia.
MARC SIEGEL: Russia's mysterious lab death exposes a danger the world isn't ready for
A Russian lab worker's mysterious pneumonia death raises urgent questions about plague, bioengineering and the lack of global health surveillance.
Cause of death in Russian pneumonia case still unknown, World Health Organization says
The World Health Organization said on Saturday it still cannot independently confirm what caused the recent death of a 28-year-old Russian woman who worked at a lab studying pla...
Mystery surrounds young worker’s death at Russia lab studying severe diseases
Mystery surrounds young worker's death at Russia lab studying severe diseases
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Saturday it still doesn’t know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illne...
Mystery surrounds young worker’s death at Russia lab studying severe diseases
Mystery at Russian plague lab as WHO struggles to explain young worker's death
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Saturday it still doesn’t know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illne...
Mystery surrounds young worker's death at Russia lab studying severe diseases
The World Health Organization says it still doesn't know what caused the death of a young worker at a Russian lab focused on plague and other illnesses.
Mystery surrounds young worker's death at Russia lab studying severe diseases
The World Health Organization said Saturday it still doesn't know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illnesses.
WHO unsure what caused pneumonia that killed plague-lab worker in Russia
RUSSIA-SIBERIA-PLAGUE:WHO unsure what caused pneumonia that killed plague-lab worker in Russia
Russian Anti-Plague Laboratory Death Raises Questions On Biosafety And Global Health
A number of questions linger after the Russian anti-plague laboratory death. A doctor explains the most important questions that remain that impact public health.
Russia Plague Scare Raises Public Health Questions
Baylor College of Medicine Tropical Medicine Expert Dr. Peter Hotez tells Bloomberg This Weekend that the unexplained death of a researcher at a Russian plague institute raises ...
Plague mystery revives concerns over not-to-secret Russian bioweapons program
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Plague lab worker’s mother claims Russian officials let daughter die: ‘I KNOW THE TRUTH’
Early reports suggested that during routine testing, she contracted the deadly infection from a broken test tube that contained live biological material
CDC monitors travelers from Russia amid suspected plague case
The CDC has implemented measures to identify and assess travelers from the Russian region where a woman may have died from pneumonic plague, ABC News reported Oct. 8. The agenc...
Russia says all clear after contact tracing in reported plague case
Russia has detected no health issues or dangerous micro-organisms after tracing all contacts of a woman who reportedly died of plague, the governor of Siberia's Irkutsk region s...
Health news in Russia coverage
NewsMesh filters Russia-relevant health coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Pull Health news in Russia into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=health&country=ru). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=health&country=ru&limit=20"Endpoints
GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.
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Frequently asked questions about Health news in Russia
What health news from Russia does NewsMesh cover?
NewsMesh filters Russia-relevant health coverage into one structured feed, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body.
Which endpoint returns health news from Russia?
Call GET /v1/latest?category=health&country=ru. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Can I get Russia news in other categories?
Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all Russia coverage from /v1/latest?country=ru.
Is health news from Russia available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: health Russia stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
How do I access the health news from Russia feed?
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Need more data?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.