Trump responds to concerns over suspected plague case in Russia, saying US 'willing to help'

Amid a global health scare sparked by the death of a 28-year-old woman who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, President Donald Trump indicated that the U.S. would be willing to provide assistance to Russia.

Russian public health entity Rospotrebnadzor said Sunday that the deceased individual had been diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown etiology," or origin, but that testing revealed "no microorganisms associated with the patient’s professional...