Former CIA Officer Urges Scrutiny of Russia in 28-Year-Old Researcher's Death

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 7

Glenn Corn said U.S. officials should independently verify Moscow’s account of Darya Shipilova’s Oct. 2 death, rather than accept Russian claims that the 28-year-old lab worker died of pneumonia unrelated to pathogens.
Corn tied that warning to Russia’s record of concealment, citing the 1979 Sverdlovsk anthrax outbreak that killed at least 64 people and later admissions that the Wagner group was state-funded after years of denials.
Russian health authorities said no plague cases have been found and that 60% of roughly 200 quarantined contacts have been released, while officials say Shipilova’s tests showed no infection from her institute’s pathogens.
WHO called the risk outside Russia "very low" but said it has asked Moscow for more information on the severe pneumonia case, as President Donald Trump said he expects to speak with Vladimir Putin soon.