MOSCOW — An outbreak of anthrax, a deadly bacterial disease that is rare in developed countries, has hit a remote region of northern Russia, killing a 12-year-old boy and sending 90 other people to hospitals.
New York Times: Anthrax outbreak in Russia kills boy, 12, and hospitalizes others
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) shakes hands with a boy as he visits the Dima Rogachyov Children's Haematology Center in Moscow on June 1.
