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Trump Says U.S. Does Not View Russian Plague Incident as Bioweapon

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 33 67 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 6 Oct 12:24 UTC · U.S. Monitors Suspected Pneumonic Plague Case in Russia 6 Oct 18:17 UTC · Russia monitors contacts after lab worker’s unexplained death raises plague concerns 7 Oct 00:09 UTC · Russia faces calls for transparency after suspected plague death at Siberian lab 7 Oct 06:31 UTC · U.S. and WHO seek clarity from Russia after lab worker’s death 7 Oct 12:08 UTC · US, WHO press Russia for details after Siberian lab worker’s unexplained death 7 Oct 18:07 UTC · Trump Says He Will Speak With Putin About Suspected Plague Case in Siberia 8 Oct 00:07 UTC · Trump Says U.S. Does Not View Russian Plague Incident as Bioweapon

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 12:24 UTC

    U.S. Monitors Suspected Pneumonic Plague Case in Russia

  2. 6 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    Russia monitors contacts after lab worker’s unexplained death raises plague concerns

  3. 7 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Russia faces calls for transparency after suspected plague death at Siberian lab

  4. 7 Oct, 06:31 UTC

    U.S. and WHO seek clarity from Russia after lab worker’s death

  5. 7 Oct, 12:08 UTC

    US, WHO press Russia for details after Siberian lab worker’s unexplained death

  6. 7 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Trump Says He Will Speak With Putin About Suspected Plague Case in Siberia

  7. 8 Oct, 00:07 UTC

    Trump Says U.S. Does Not View Russian Plague Incident as Bioweapon

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Donald Trump · 8 outlets
  • Vladimir Putin · 8 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Darya Shipilova · from 6 Oct 22:48, 2 outlets
  • But Russian · from 6 Oct 22:48, 2 outlets
  • But Washington · from 6 Oct 23:42, 2 outlets
  • Dmitry Peskov · from 7 Oct 06:12, 2 outlets