Daily Dose: Pneumonic plague questions, dementia cases set to double and the rising cost of a hospital stay

A health story from New York, reported by WGRZ Buffalo.

Health · New York · October 15, 2026

From WGRZ Buffalo

A worker's death at a Russian institute puts pneumonic plague in focus, new dementia cases may double by 2050 and a hospital stay now tops $16,000.

Reported by WGRZ Buffalo, October 15, 2026. Read the full story at WGRZ Buffalo →

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