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You say tomato, FDA says dunno
The SwampFarmer Robert Dodd displays some of his tomato crop at his farm in Hanover County, Va., June 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) by Stephen J. Hedges The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has taken its hits this week for......Tags: Healthcare Policies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crimes, Guerrilla Activity, Emergency Incidents
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Cheney: War deaths worth it, 'I think so'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush has fessed up some of his mistakes, several in fact, in his final press conference. But Vice President Dick Cheney is sticking to his story: The only mistake he can think of, in an interview......Tags: Military Equipment, Politics, Saddam Hussein, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dick Cheney
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Cheney: Palin, gay rights, waterboards
The Swampby Mark Silva Dick Cheney had a lot to say today. On the question of what the former vice president makes of his party's nominee for vice president in 2008 -- and on Alaskan Sarah Palin's prospects as a presidential......Tags: Politics, Saddam Hussein, Laws, Holidays, Crimes
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Britain's case against Iraq
The British government published a 50-page paper yesterday, prepared by its intelligence agencies, setting out its case for taking action against Iraq. Prime Minister Tony Blair presented the dossier to Parliament, which he had called into special...Tags: Politics, Saddam Hussein, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nuclear Weapons, Human Rights
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Bioterrorism consultant's anthrax claims challenged
WASHINGTON — As an example of the ease with which terrorists could produce anthrax, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig has repeatedly cited the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. The cult gained infamy in 1995 by unleashing the nerve agent sarin in...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Science and Technology, George W. Bush, Stranger Than Fiction
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Glaxo to develop new antibiotics
The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA A unit of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has a central role in a $200 million public-private project announced Wednesday to develop new antibiotics against biological terrorism and treat drug-resistant infections found in health care settings...Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Diabetes, Chemical Industry, Research and Development, Economy, Business and Finance
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: Politics, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Laws, National Institutes of Health
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Politics, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Laws, National Institutes of Health
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Bioterror defense still weak
Tribune science reporterAs evidence that the nation's public health system has begun to make profound changes to deal with bioterrorism, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention point to something seemingly trivial: Some physicians have called in to report...Tags: Politics, Labor Markets, Death, Preventative Medicine, Health and Safety at School
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BioWatch technology couldn't detect lethal germs, tests found
WASHINGTON — For two years, the nationwide BioWatch system, intended to protect Americans against a biological attack, operated with defective components that left it unable to detect lethal germs, according to scientists with direct knowledge of...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress
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BioWatch documents demanded
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, George W. Bush, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Disease Prevention
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Early warnings on BioWatch
WASHINGTON — Scientists who helped pioneer BioWatch, the government's system for detecting a biological attack on the U.S., knew from the start that it was prone to false alarms, records show. Between 2003, when the nationwide network of air...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Terrorism, New York City Police Department
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