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Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak
President Trump said Monday that the United States will help Russia amid a potential case of pneumonic plague , though he hasn't spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about it. Why it matters: International concern spiked over the weekend over the news that a Russian lab worker had died from
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Both outlets center Trump’s statement that the U.S. is willing to help Russia in response to a suspected plague scare. Axios adds the most context, saying he had not spoken with Vladimir Putin and framing the item around a potential pneumonic plague outbreak and international concern. Fox News keeps the coverage tighter and, in its extract, is the only outlet to mention the dead person worked at an anti-plague facility.
Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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