World Oct 08 Russia's public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case By Associated Press
World Oct 07 Russia keeps tight lid on lab worker's death as global concerns mount Russian state TV and other national state-controlled media have steered clear of the subject. By Associated Press
Health Oct 06 How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker death The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a “very low” risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the death of a lab employee there last week. By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press
World Dec 11 Watch 6:10 Russia's ethnic minorities disproportionately die in the war in Ukraine In the nearly two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, 300,000 Russian soldiers have died or been wounded, many of them conscripts. For soldiers from Siberia and Russia’s Far East, home to many of Russia’s ethnic minorities, the price has been… By Nick Schifrin and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow
Nation Aug 20 5 Stories: Why wildfires are raging in one of the coldest places on Earth, NASA's pretend mission to Mars and other stories you missed NASA welcomes applications for yearlong simulated missions to Mars, new research suggests increased screen time during the pandemic is leading to more nearsightedness in kids and scientists say our metabolisms don’t slow down in middle age after all. Check out… By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin
Aug 14 Russia's Putin urges stronger response to Siberian wildfires By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday urged authorities to strengthen their efforts to fight wildfires across northeastern Siberia, calling the situation “unprecedented” as fires threatened people’s homes. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 7:21 Russia struggles against the delta variant and low vaccination rates By Julia Chapman, Daria Bondarchuk Authorities in parts of Russia are now mandating vaccination, in the face of high COVID-19 infections and record deaths. Just 25 percent of adults are fully inoculated in the country. With four domestic vaccines available, Russians are not facing any… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Why in 'remote, cold corners' of the world, melting ground is giving way By PBS News Hour When holes opened up in the earth recently in Siberia, a wave of speculation was set off as to their cause. Scientists are now pinpointing a dramatic increase in arctic thawing, which may have released methane once trapped below the… Continue watching
Feb 13 DNA traces Native Americans' ancestry to Siberia By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The bones of a baby boy buried in Montana 12,600 years ago may help scientists confirm the origins of North and South America’s first peoples. The remains were discovered when a construction dig on the Anzick family property overturned a… Continue reading