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    "excerpt": "A worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has died, and nearly 200 of her contacts are under medical observation. Russian authorities deny a link to the bacterial infection. The US is…",
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    "title": "The death of a Russian lab worker has raised concerns over pneumonic plague",
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