Trump and Putin to discuss pneumonic plague after Russian lab death

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has scheduled a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss pneumonic plague, following the death of an employee at a Russian anti-plague laboratory. Trump said the conversation would occur "very soon." Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn that he was willing to help Russia, describing pneumonic plague as "a serious disease." A Russian health agency reported last week that Darya Shipilova, 28, an employee at the Irkutsk anti-plague institute, died from pneumonia of undetermined cause. The death has raised global public health concerns, prompting the planned high-level discussion between the two leaders. The call underscores international attention on the incident at the Siberian research facility.