Fleet Owner

FedEx pilots worried about anthrax exposure

FedEx Corp.’s pilots association is concerned that the mail delivery contract FedEx has with the United States Postal Service (USPS) may expose FedEx employees to anthrax. The treatment of 32 FedEx ...
Daily Emerald

Anthrax exposure hits more residents

WASHINGTON (KRT) — Hoping for the public’s help in solving the anthrax attacks, federal officials offered a $1 million reward Thursday. The bioterrorism scare spread to a third television network, and ...
Into the Shadows on MSN

95,000 dead from one release. The most dangerous biological threat

Anthrax is one of the most lethal diseases ever studied, with some forms reaching a 90% mortality rate without treatment.
AOL

Not just a bioweapon: Anthrax outbreak kills dozens of animals in Wyoming. Here’s how it’s transmitted

Anthrax might be more commonly thought of as a bioterrorist weapon, bringing to mind white envelopes and government buildings. But Wyoming officials warned residents on Wednesday that there’s an ...
WMAZ

CDC moves to contain anthrax exposure

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reassigned the director of the bioterror lab that experienced a potential anthrax exposure. Dozens of CDC ...
Reuters

Multiple protocol breaches behind anthrax exposure at U.S. federal labs

(Reuters) - The safety breach at a government lab that may have exposed 84 workers to live anthrax centered on a pivotal lapse in procedure: researchers working with the bacteria waited 24 hours to be ...
KHQ

Two More Cows Have Died Likely From Anthrax Exposure On Other Colo. Farms

LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Two more cows have died from anthrax exposure in northeast Colorado, expanding the first outbreak of the disease in the state in 31 years to three ranches. Last week, 60 cows died ...
Sun Journal

Maine man’s claim of anthrax exposure proves unfounded after hospital takes precautions

BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick man and a staffer at Mid Coast Hospital were quarantined for several hours on Thursday after the man said he had been exposed to the bacterial contagion anthrax. But after a ...
Los Angeles Times

2 D.C. Postal Workers Die; Anthrax Likely

WASHINGTON — Two postal workers in the nation’s capital have died of suspected inhalation anthrax, prompting health officials to acknowledge Monday that some of their key assumptions about how the ...
Reuters

Insight: Multiple protocol breaches behind anthrax exposure at U.S. federal labs

June 21 (Reuters) - The safety breach at a government lab that may have exposed 84 workers to live anthrax centered on a pivotal lapse in procedure: researchers working with the bacteria waited 24 ...
Kennebec Journal

Maine man’s claim of anthrax exposure proves unfounded after hospital takes precautions

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