What is Pneumonic Plague? What Happens in the First 72 Hours and How Dangerous Is It?
Posted on October 6, 2026 by Avery Collins
Pneumonic plague is a lung infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Untreated, it kills in one to three days. Treated with antibiotics within 24 hours of the first symptoms, most patients survive. What Happened In Russia? A woman who worked at an anti-plague research institute in Russia’s Irkutsk region died on October 1–2. Doctors […]