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2nd Man Exposed to Anthrax
Times Staff WriterA second Florida man has been exposed to the rare and extremely deadly anthrax bacterium, and U.S. officials said Monday that they were vigorously investigating the incident as a potential criminal act. One law enforcement source said they are...Tags: Anthrax, Disasters and Accidents, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, The Washington Post
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U.S. Anthrax Battle Lacking in Expertise
Times Staff WritersAt a laboratory in northern Arizona, microbiologist Paul Keim toiled over the pedigree of the anthrax spores that killed three people and shook the U.S. capital to its roots. At Ft. Detrick, Md., Army germ warfare specialists struggled with another...Tags: Anthrax, Local Government, Diseases and Illnesses, Raymond W. Kelly, Central Intelligence Agency
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Tainted Letter Opened With Care
Times Staff WriterSpecially trained FBI scientists on Wednesday surgically opened an anthrax-tainted letter sent to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and began extracting evidence they hope will lead them to the person who launched a bioterrorism attack by mail more than two...Tags: Tom Brokaw, Anthrax, Guerrilla Activity, Diseases and Illnesses, Justice System
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Anthrax's Dogged Detective
Times Medical WriterNew walls have sprung up around Paul Keim's workplace to safeguard the deadly vials kept within it. He has new keys, an electronic security card--even bought his first pager so he'll always be reachable. The reason is anthrax. The lanky, bespectacled...Tags: Louisiana State University, Anthrax, DNA, Biology, Animals
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Top Health Experts at Los Angeles Times Festival of Health & Fitness Oct 5-6 at USC
This page has moved. If you are not automatically re-directed, please click here.Tags: Lea Thompson, Headaches, Arts and Culture, Medical Services, Family
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Anthrax-Laden Letters to Senate 'Virtually Identical'
Times Staff WritersGovernment scientists have opened the anthrax-laden letter sent to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and found it to be "virtually identical" to one mailed to a colleague, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), the FBI said Thursday. The disclosure...Tags: Anthrax, National Government, Guerrilla Activity, Diseases and Illnesses, Tom Daschle
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State Dept. Worker Develops Anthrax
Times Staff WritersThe circle of anthrax exposure widened significantly Thursday as health officials announced that one State Department mail worker has the inhaled form of the disease and a second employee has suspicious symptoms, even though neither man is known to have...Tags: Anthrax, Transportation, Diseases and Illnesses, Mail Order Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Public Health Under the Scope
Times Health WriterWith anthrax exposures and infections mounting, the powers of public health face a new and daunting test--and the weaknesses of the system have come under a glaring light. The system's defects, brought on by years of budget cuts, are on display: Labs...Tags: Anthrax, Nashville, Arts and Culture, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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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: Anthrax, Drugs and Medicines, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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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: Anthrax, Food and Drug Administration, National Government, Diseases and Illnesses, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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Killer bird flu? What's behind the controversy over bird flu research
"Engineered Doomsday." "Mutant Bird Flu." These may sound like the names of disaster movies, but they are headlines on recent news reports about experiments involving the H5N1 influenza virus. The H5N1 virus is known as a "bird flu" because it mainly...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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New Rush hospital designed to treat infectious threats
A visitor would expect to see the latest weapons in the battle against heart disease or cancer at the new Rush University Medical Center.
But the hospital — which will give the public a sneak preview Dec. 10 — is also stocked with an...Tags: Anthrax, Rush University Medical Center, Guerrilla Activity, Contagion (movie), Viral Diseases and Infections
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