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WHO says cause of Russian lab researcher's death still unconfirmed

The WHO released a disease outbreak report on the death of a Russian infectious disease researcher, noting that Russian authorities have not confirmed a cause of death. The agency said it learned of the death on October 2 via media reports and subsequently requested information from Russian authorities on four separate occasions through October 8. Early media reports suggested the researcher, identified as 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, may have died of plague after a lab incident.

Global study links human disease outbreaks to land use, climate and biodiversity change

Researchers analyzed geolocated outbreak data for 32 environmentally linked emerging infectious diseases, combining these with global datasets on socio-environmental factors such as land use, climate and biodiversity. Using disease-specific driver hypotheses developed with experts across virology, ecology and public health, they built geospatial statistical models to identify common human-caused patterns behind where outbreaks occur.