| 单词 | anthrax |
| 例句 | By contrast, swine, mainstays of European agriculture, transmit anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, trichinosis, and tuberculosis. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What’s the point of truth or beauty or knowledge when the anthrax bombs are popping all around you? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “The noise of fourteen thousand aeroplanes advancing in open order. But in the Kurfurstendamm and the Eighth Arrondissement, the explosion of the anthrax bombs is hardly louder than the popping of a paper bag.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He said to me, “I’ll have to say a few words to the men to explain to them why they should take their anthrax drugs and malaria pills, or they just won’t bother.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Smallpox, polio, Ebola, anthrax—they’re all in there, but it’s harmless to us now. We couldn’t get sick if we wanted to.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They were writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association in the wake of 9/11 and the subsequent anthrax attacks in New York. Ebola rages in Africa as west agonises over ethics of vaccine and drug testing 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z One incarnation correlates “recent market fluctuations with the frequency rate of fear-related words in the media — terror, alarm, panic, horror, dismay, dread, scare, anthrax, nuclear.” Books of The Times: ?The Fear Index,? by Robert Harris 2012-01-26T16:15:23Z The delivery of a suspicious powder to the California home of the British actor Eric Idle is being treated as an attempted anthrax attack. Suspicious powder sent to Eric Idle sparks anthrax scare 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z And then the plot moves on, to all that missing anthrax. ‘Elementary’ affirms its place as the smartest study of recovery on TV 2014-04-24T19:18:54Z Five people died and 17 were infected by anthrax in letters posted to media outlets and to two Democratic US senators in the aftermath of the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. Suspicious powder sent to Eric Idle sparks anthrax scare 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Musicians reported it, and, amid fears that the powder could have been a dangerous substance such as anthrax, the remainder of the opera was canceled so the police could investigate. Opera Fan’s Last Wish Led to Terror Scare at the Met 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Its first pages summon, in dystopian-novel fashion, the results of the 2016 election alongside anthrax trapped in the permafrost being released into the atmosphere because of global warming. Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ Is an ‘Instant American Classic’ About Our Abiding Sin 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In 2009-10 a contaminated product led to 47 heroin users in Scotland being infected with anthrax. Dark net markets: the eBay of drug dealing 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Dozens of CDC workers were potentially exposed to anthrax. Head of troubled CDC anthrax lab has resigned 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z It might seem obvious now that it was the source, but man-made weaponised anthrax wasn’t something we knew about then. Experience: I opened an envelope filled with anthrax 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Authorities arrested the suspect after postal workers were able to connect him to the letter, which threatened that the envelope contained anthrax. Fake anthrax letter sent to NYC bar after suspect allegedly threatened employees 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z So while following the anthrax trail, Holmes also searches for some “answer” to Alistair’s death before conceding that he is driven by fear for his own sobriety and, more important, an addict’s self-absorption. ‘Elementary’ affirms its place as the smartest study of recovery on TV 2014-04-24T19:18:54Z I guess one of the biggest things that I was so closely involved with was the anthrax incident in 2001. Just Asking a bomb tech: ‘Don’t take me to a movie theater when there’s bombings’ It recounts the 2006 case in which Vado Diomande of the West Village, a drummer originally from Ivory Coast, collapsed while performing in Pennsylvania from what was eventually determined to be inhalation anthrax. The Week Ahead: April 10 ? 16 2011-04-08T13:57:40Z Slung on the back of a door is a black messenger bag with an orange patch that says, “Think before spilling anthrax.” ‘It’s John against the world right now’ I look back at all of the things I’ve been a part of: inaugurations, state of the unions, shootings, the impeachment of President Clinton, Iran-contra hearings, 9/11, anthrax, ricin. Just Asking a bomb tech: ‘Don’t take me to a movie theater when there’s bombings’ But we did a show with anthrax in the building. Lorne Michaels Isn’t Sure ‘S.N.L.’ Can Pull This Off 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, we should probably try to get a handle on that missing anthrax. ‘Elementary’ affirms its place as the smartest study of recovery on TV 2014-04-24T19:18:54Z In the weeks following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, news organizations and two United States senators were sent letters that contained deadly anthrax spores. ‘The Anthrax Attacks’ Review: Strange Behavior and an Incriminating Flask 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Parasites Lost February 1992: Twenty-seven lab samples of anthrax go missing from a U.S. Style Invitational: Songs without end (or beginning) 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Or send them all anthrax in the mail with their holiday-season screeners? The Oscars’ death spiral: The academy and Hollywood are locked in a crisis of their own making 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But few shows demonstrate a range as extreme as “Dietland,” which wears like a lipstick laced with anthrax, ricocheting from drama to horror to satire to rom-com to revenge fantasy. ‘Dietland’ is Violent, Disruptive and Surreal. And Funny. 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z "I don't even want to give it to a friend because you never know if there's anthrax in the teddy bear," Kendrick said with a dollop of hyperbole. Anna Kendrick once threw away a pair of diamond earrings -- on purpose 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Then one day I got a note that a child at the school had been exposed to anthrax. New York Fashion Week: Fashion Week, Ten Years Later: A Bond Forged in Tragedy 2011-09-07T01:27:28Z In the video, Minhaj addresses the stories that were criticized: being rejected at prom because of racism, undercover law enforcement surveilling the Muslim community in his hometown, and his daughter's anthrax scare. "I'm not a psycho": Hasan Minhaj refutes "factual errors" in New Yorker profile 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Season 2 is as immersed in the battlegrounds of governing as “The West Wing” was: entitlements, Chinese cyberespionage, anthrax scares, parliamentary procedure, government shutdowns. The TV Watch: ‘House of Cards’ Returns, With More Dark Scheming 2014-02-13T13:00:01Z Frieden closed the anthrax and flu labs, halted exports from other high-level labs, and kicked off an analysis that is to include appointment of an external panel of experts. Head of troubled CDC anthrax lab has resigned 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Someone mailed my show white powder & claimed it was anthrax. ArtsBeat Blog: Craig Ferguson Discusses Anthrax Scare on 'Late Late Show' 2011-08-24T04:22:03Z Parts of White Noise are echoed in the anthrax scare of 2001, and so on. The American dream 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z We did our field tests, and we were positive for anthrax. Just Asking a bomb tech: ‘Don’t take me to a movie theater when there’s bombings’ I was questioned for seven hours; I wasn’t allowed to call my parents, who were watching TV reports about anthrax at NBC and couldn’t get a hold of me. Experience: I opened an envelope filled with anthrax 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z People have always asked the scientist — who’s been at the forefront of battles against AIDS, West Nile virus and anthrax — one question: “What keeps you up at night?” Anthony Fauci was ready for this. America was not. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Five people died from anthrax poisoning in that period. Experience: I opened an envelope filled with anthrax 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z One in danger – Bradford Conditioning House – is an ornate monument to the city's textile heyday, built by a special act of parliament in 1887 to test wool for diseases such as anthrax. Trouble at mill: recession brings renewed threat of bulldozers 2011-03-21T11:55:05Z Last year a reindeer killed in 1941, thawing, caused an outbreak of anthrax in Siberia. The stories to read to be the smartest person at the Thanksgiving table 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Six weeks after I arrived came 9/11, and it was followed within days by the anthrax scare. I’m in ‘Spotlight’, but it’s not really about me. It’s about the power of journalism. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Disarranged by the fear that gripped us all during those anthrax weeks that followed, but with fewer regular human contacts to provide solace, Bowman’s self-skepticism betrayed him totally. David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Late on Friday, the program's producers received an envelope containing a white substance that set off warning bells of an anthrax scare. "Dancing With the Stars" readies for finale 2010-11-21T22:53:00Z The FBI closed its investigation into the anthrax attacks in 2010, after years of false leads, no arrests and public criticism. What we know about the suspicious powder sent to WA elections offices 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z At the center of the New Yorker’s September article and Thursday’s video were three stories inspired by Minhaj’s own life: a prom rejection, an encounter with an FBI informant and an anthrax scare. As Hasan Minhaj dissects 'emotional truth' scandal, New Yorker stands 'by our story' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z More than a century ago, anthrax outbreaks repeatedly killed Siberian reindeer, which led the Soviet Union to begin to vaccinate the animals in 1930. Permafrost can imprison dangerous microbes for centuries. Will the Arctic thaw release them? 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z In the special, he said, he panicked that the powder was anthrax, told his wife what had happened, and they raced to the emergency room. Hasan Minhaj says his stand-up stories are embellished but rooted in 'emotional truth.' Because that's comedy 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z China’s biological research included activities with potential germ weapons applications, the State Department warned, adding that China has “reportedly weaponized ricin, botulinum toxins, and the causative agents of anthrax, cholera, plague, and tularemia.” Study warns Chinese nanotechnology fueling advanced bio, cyber weapons, electronic warfare tools 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z The report, made public in April, said China has “reportedly weaponized ricin, botulinum toxins, and the causative agents of anthrax, cholera, plague, and tularemia.” Pentagon ill-prepared for bio warfare attacks from adversaries such as China, Russia 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Sir John highlighted the 1995 Sarin attack on the Japanese underground, which had killed 12 people, and pointed out a 1998 Foreign Office intelligence assessment suggesting anthrax could kill millions in a British city. Tony Blair was warned of 'appalling' attack on UK after 9/11 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z In the unusually hot summer of 2016, Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that lurks in soil worldwide and causes anthrax, killed 2649 reindeer in Siberia. Permafrost can imprison dangerous microbes for centuries. Will the Arctic thaw release them? 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Let's just say it wasn't anthrax or fentanyl. Drugs in the White House? Horrors! Guess what: It wouldn't be the first time 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Then he joined the Navy before being sent on secret missions, including one involving anthrax. 'I did things in the war I still can't talk about' 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Neighbors were relieved to discover the substance wasn’t something more deadly, like anthrax. Mysterious white powder left on District cars led to hazmat response 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The discovery by Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur of the first disease-causing pathogens, or “germs,” led to new vaccines that protected animals against anthrax and rabies, and humans against cholera and diphtheria. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Using microbial genomics, researchers determined that a specific strain of anthrax was used in all the mailings; eventually, the source was traced to a scientist at a national biodefense laboratory in Maryland. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The only real concern is if someone managed to sneak anthrax, or some other toxic substance, into the White House. Drugs in the White House? Horrors! Guess what: It wouldn't be the first time 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Labs are required to register if they are working with dangerous microbes, including Ebola, anthrax and more than 60 other pathogens and toxins. Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn Solving the mystery of the anthrax letters required cutting-edge science, which is not the FBI’s expertise. Lab-Leak Intelligence Reports Aren't Scientific Conclusions 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Under 2012 and 2014 federal policies, researchers working with any of 15 “select agents,” including anthrax and Ebola virus, must decide whether a planned study falls into any of seven problematic categories. U.S. scientists brace for tighter scrutiny of potentially risky research 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z A 2016 outbreak of anthrax hit a remote Siberian village and was linked to a 75-year-old reindeer carcass that had emerged from the frozen ground. ‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost because of climate change 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Those sent overseas are required to receive additional vaccinations based on where they are sent and any special duties they may perform, such as shots to protect against anthrax, rabies, typhoid and yellow fever. Clash Over Vaccine Mandate for Troops Snarls Annual Defense Bill 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Scientists at the secluded Wiltshire-based facility carry out research into chemical weapons and deadly diseases, such as Ebola, plague and anthrax. Porton Down weapons-test volunteers deserve medals, veterans say 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “Sending death threats and purported anthrax is not protected speech — it is a crime,” Leary said in the release. Georgia man gets prison for letter threatening president 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z We found more support for monitoring external threats in wastewater, such as diseases, environmental toxins and terrorist threats like anthrax. Wastewater monitoring and public health 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z But anthrax, which is not a virus, isn’t unique to Siberia and is unlikely to cause widespread pandemics. ‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost because of climate change 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the U.S. of conducting work in Ukraine with deadly pathogens — including cholera, plague, anthrax and influenza — that couldn’t be justified under the guise of public health. Russia calls vote on unfounded Ukraine bio weapons claims 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In his briefing, Russia’s Nebenzia accused the U.S. of conducting work in Ukraine with deadly pathogens — including cholera, plague, anthrax and influenza — that couldn’t be justified under the guise of public health. West says no biological weapons in Ukraine, Russia disagrees 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z One possibility might be to come up with a policy modeled on the Federal Select Agent Program, which requires anyone seeking to work with certain dangerous substances, such as anthrax, to register with the government. Lab Manipulations of Covid Virus Fall Under Murky Government Rules 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Vargo is accused of making references to anthrax in the letter and threatening federal Judge Robert D. Mariani, the Department of Justice said in a press release. Pennsylvania man accused of sending letter that threatened to kill Biden, Rep. Bennie Thompson 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The letter, which referenced the congressional probe and anthrax, also threatened U.S. Pennsylvania man charged with threatening to kill Jan. 6 investigator 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said the letter “alluding to ‘anthrax’” contained a white powder that U.S. Prison escapee accused of sending death threat, white powder to Jan. 6 committee chairman 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Remarkably, he also developed the rabies and anthrax vaccines and made major contributions to combating cholera. Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Department of Agriculture, regulates research on certain pathogens, such as Ebola and anthrax. Amid the turmoil of Covid, biosafety legislation gets political 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z In the eventful and uneasy month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, several congressional and media offices received letters in the mail containing anthrax spores. Review: 'End of the Road' will have you looking for an exit 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z It was a collaborative attempt between academic research institutions and the FBI to solve the mysterious cases of anthrax communicated via the US Postal Service. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z That’s typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague. US will stretch monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z After bird cholera, Pasteur turned to the prevention of anthrax, a widespread plague of cattle and other animals caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says. Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Climate hazards, such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and even anthrax. Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Using microbial genomics, researchers determined that a specific strain of anthrax was used in all the mailings. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z He launched an ambitious biological weapons program, establishing a laboratory in Afghanistan and dispatching disciples to search for sympathetic scientists as well as lethal strains of anthrax bacteria. Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leader, killed at 71 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z In the late 1880s, he showed beyond any doubt that exposing cattle to a weakened form of anthrax vaccine could lead to what is now well known as immunity, dramatically reducing cattle mortality. Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z About 95% of all human cases of anthrax result from skin contact with infected animals. Croatia: Anthrax found in dead cattle in nature park 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z A child touched it, got anthrax and started an outbreak. Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Diseases like Ebola and other hemorrhagic fevers were responsible for 70% of those outbreaks, in addition to illnesses like monkeypox, dengue, anthrax and plague. Outbreaks from animals in Africa surge by 60% in last decade 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s list of health threats increased by climate change includes anthrax, dengue fever, plague and rabies, along with disease-causing fungi in soil and algae and cyanobacteria contaminating water. Opinion | As climate catastrophes multiply, Republicans rethink denialism 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z He became interested in biotechnology, according to a Post report in 2011, after participating in a deal to sell $50 million in anthrax vaccine to the Saudi government. Fuad El-Hibri, founder of vaccine maker Emergent BioSolutions, dies at 64 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The biological weapons produced by China in the past include weaponized ricin, botulinum toxins and causative agents for anthrax, cholera, plague and tularemia, the report said. State Department identifies two Chinese bioweapons sites 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Six years ago, melting permafrost in Siberia released frozen anthrax, which infected an Indigenous community. As Australia’s climate changes, a tropical disease advances 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Then the September 11 attacks happened, followed by the anthrax scare. The worrying murkiness of institutional biosafety committees 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z "I'm just hoping there aren't any anthrax spores left around anywhere," she added. Gruinard Island: Fire on island used for Anthrax experiments 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin himself spoke about “dozens of laboratories in Ukraine" experimenting on coronaviruses, anthrax, and cholera "under the direction and financial support of the Pentagon.” ‘The Russians must know it’s a lie.’ Ukrainian bat research spun into a false tale of bioweapons 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z On the one hand, ‘twas the anthrax that ultimately kills a major player in “Power of the Dog.” BAFTAs, SAGs, Oscars -- sure, those awards are exciting, but don't miss these 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z They found the Soviets had mass produced and weaponised anthrax, smallpox and other diseases after testing them on live monkeys on an island in southern Russia. Ukraine: What are chemical weapons and could Russia use them? 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, Zakharova said Russia had documents showing the Ukrainian health ministry had ordered the destruction of samples of plague, cholera, anthrax and other pathogens before Feb. 24, when Russian forces moved into Ukraine. U.S. dismisses Russian claims of biowarfare labs in Ukraine 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z It showed sheep being put in exposure crates facing the anthrax cloud. Gruinard Island: Fire on island used for Anthrax experiments 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Letters containing spores of a bacterium that causes the disease anthrax were sent to people in the news media and to members of Congress in Washington, D.C. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But we suspect that this might be the first time in movie history that a dead cow’s hide — delivery system of said anthrax — is used in the commission of said murder. BAFTAs, SAGs, Oscars -- sure, those awards are exciting, but don't miss these 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z They had even loaded anthrax spores into the warheads of long-range inter-continental missiles aimed at Western cities. Ukraine: What are chemical weapons and could Russia use them? 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The threat of bioterrorism—the use of such biological agents as smallpox or anthrax as weapons—dramatizes the immensity of the problems facing the Department of Homeland Security. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z In an attempt to rid the island of anthrax spores, Porton Down instructed the heather be set on fire. Gruinard Island: Fire on island used for Anthrax experiments 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Investigators did not find a link between the September 11 attacks and the anthrax letters. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The experiment was deemed a success and the scientists returned to Porton Down - but the anthrax remained. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Postal Service launched a competition for technology that could quickly screen mail for deadly anthrax spores, which a bioterrorist sent in letters to the offices of U.S. senators and journalists after 9/11. The Pandemic Set Off a Boom in Diagnostics 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anthrax is a bacteria found naturally in soil and commonly affects animals that breathe in or ingest spores in contaminated soil, plants, or water. Indonesia declares two villages anthrax red zones after cattle deaths 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z In the process, a new study suggests, they may prevent infections of anthrax and bovine tuberculosis in nearby humans and animals. Hungry Hyenas Can Help Human Health 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Regardless of who was responsible for the anthrax scare, it caused incredible psychological damage. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In another attempt to rid the island of anthrax spores, Porton Down dispatched two men to Gruinard to set fire to the heather. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z And another unfortunate similarity between the current and the past, with this anthrax scare, has been the scapegoating of communities. Daniel Dae Kim doesn’t want to be 'the diversity police.' But speaking up is personal 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z "It's a certainty," Dr. William Haseltine, a biologist renowned for his work in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, fighting anthrax and advancing knowledge of the human genome, told Salon earlier this month. Omicron is surging, and scientists are optimistic. How can both of these things be true? 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z The researchers then estimated how many cases of anthrax and bovine tuberculosis could spread from contact with animal carcass waste in Mekelle and modeled disease rates with and without hungry hyenas cleaning up. Hungry Hyenas Can Help Human Health 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Five people who came in contact with spores from the tainted letters died of inhalation anthrax. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It remained off limits and it was not until 24 years after the experiment that the warning signs even mentioned anthrax. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In 1998, when the Pentagon mandated the anthrax vaccine, which the Food and Drug Administration approved in the 1970s, some service members openly worried about possible side effects and resisted. Thousands of U.S. troops defy COVID-19 vaccine order 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z "It's a certainty," the biologist renowned for his work in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, fighting anthrax and advancing knowledge of the human genome told Salon. The omicron variant came out of left field. Will there be more like it in the future? 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z By doing so, the model suggests, the scavengers prevented three anthrax and two bovine tuberculosis infections in people and 11 anthrax and 129 bovine tuberculosis infections in livestock. Hungry Hyenas Can Help Human Health 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z In Russia alone, more than 2 million people live in Arctic cities, where melting permafrost releases anthrax and renders homes, roads and 125,000 miles of pipeline unstable and dangerous. Perspective | Five myths about the Arctic 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Porton Down experts checked the soil but the anthrax spores were "surprisingly resistant to degradation". The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In 1990, as the U.S. military planned an operation to expel the invading Iraqi army from Kuwait, officials received a sobering intelligence report: Saddam Hussein was probably in possession of anthrax and botulinum toxin. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z "There was no anthrax at the event and we have sniffing dogs," he told the Daily Beast, adding that he had hired a reputable security firm to sweep the venue ahead of time. People who got sick after far-right conference claim it's anthrax — not COVID-19 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Cutting the anthrax out of the cow, much like killing the rabbit in his room, is partly fulfilling his ambition toward becoming a doctor. Kodi Smit-McPhee walks us through that 'Power of the Dog' ending 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z In 2001, Dr. Zaki determined that several Americans who had handled letters containing a white powder had died from anthrax, either through inhalation or by exposure on the skin. Sherif Zaki, CDC pathologist who studied infectious diseases, dies at 65 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z A tin box believed to contain soil from the anthrax island was left at Blackpool Tower. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Born in Germany and educated at Stanford and Yale, Mr. El-Hibri had worked in banking and telecommunications before advising a company that held the rights to distribute the British government’s anthrax vaccine. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The limited series “The Hot Zone: Anthrax” dramatizes the deadly anthrax attacks that shook the nation in 2001. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Waltons,’ ‘CMA Country Christmas,’ Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z A number of labs were shown to have poor inventory records or had shipped toxins, like anthrax, that workers had mistakenly believed were inactivated. You Should Be Afraid of the Next ‘Lab Leak’ 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z He has received death threats, including a letter holding white powder resembling anthrax, and journalists have staked out his home to shoot photos and videos. ‘We’ve done nothing wrong.’ EcoHealth leader fights charges that his research helped spark COVID-19 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Unlike the first sample, this one turned out not to contain anthrax but the authorities were on high alert. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The aging factory needed major renovations but came with a unique asset: the license for the only anthrax vaccine approved by U.S. regulators. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Leahy also gained prominence for his push to curtail domestic surveillance after the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes — work that led to him being targeted in the anthrax attacks on Capitol Hill. Pat Leahy, longest-serving member of Senate, will not run again. 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “Hyenas are famously tough, resilient animals that are known to be highly tolerant to anthrax, rabies and distemper. They are otherwise healthy and expected to make a full recovery,” the zoo said in a statement. Denver Zoo reports world’s first coronavirus cases in hyenas 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z In fact, the company noted, health officials this year committed to purchasing an additional $637 million worth of Emergent’s anthrax and smallpox products in coming months. Federal government cuts ties with troubled vaccine maker 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In 1986, Gruinard was again a hive of activity as teams of scientists, vaccinated against anthrax and dressed in protective clothing, prepared to return the island to its natural state. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The Pentagon had recently announced a plan to inoculate all troops against anthrax, and it was willing to pay almost any price. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z This happened back in 2003, when the country was especially antsy over anthrax, nerve gas and other evil pathogens. Perspective | More cases of mistaken identity in the airport security line 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z In Powell’s speech — which he would later call a “blot” on his record — he brandished a vial that he said could have contained anthrax that intelligence agencies insisted Saddam was producing in mass quantities. Colin Powell: A trailblazing legacy, blotted by Iraq war 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The Air Force experienced significant blowback following Pentagon requirements for anthrax vaccine regimens in the late 1990s. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops have not yet complied with vaccine mandate as deadlines near 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The letter claimed the soil contained Bacillus anthracis, better known as anthrax, a deadly agent of germ warfare. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z On the back of its anthrax vaccine sales, Emergent also built a lobbying and government-contracting leviathan, cultivating influence and expertise that few competitors could match. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The FDA issued emergency approval of a vaccine that combats inhaled anthrax in 2005, prompting the Defense Department to distribute it to some at-risk personnel. FDA deploying ‘fast-track’ arsenal against COVID-19 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “Less than a teaspoon of dry anthrax, a little bit — about this amount,” he told the council, waving the vial. Colin Powell: A trailblazing legacy, blotted by Iraq war 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z A Department of Homeland Security report on a 2010 anthrax attack exercise, meanwhile, highlighted the need for improved information-sharing among agencies. Perspective | U.S. agencies spent years testing pandemic responses. But many didn’t learn lessons for coronavirus, GAO finds. 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z So he tasked his team of top scientists with finding a way of harnessing anthrax as a weapon. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Mr. El-Hibri, facing irate questioning, declared Emergent’s manufacturing troubles “unacceptable” and pledged improvements — much as he had two decades earlier when called to answer for his company’s struggles making anthrax vaccines. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z We waited for bombs in the Metro, for more anthrax envelopes, for a sequel to the previous autumn’s terror. Opinion | What Comes After the 9/11 Era? 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “This is just about the amount of a teaspoon. Less than a teaspoonful of dry anthrax in an envelope shut down the United States Senate in the fall of 2001.” Colin Powell: A trailblazing legacy, blotted by Iraq war 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z After it, letters filled with deadly anthrax began arriving in mailrooms, and then the D.C. sniper attacks left people fearing a bullet could find them anywhere at any moment. Perspective | For the nation, 9/11 brought devastation. For the D.C. area, it was the start of 13 months of terror. 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z It showed about 80 sheep being put in exposure crates facing the anthrax cloud. The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Emergent again plans to offer its services, Mr. Hartwig said, and the company continues to provide the government with products to combat threats like anthrax and smallpox. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z “Right after the anthrax attack, everyone’s attention was focused on, how do we better prepare ourselves? And we made a commitment then that we somehow have now forgotten,” he said. White House joins push to beef up pandemic prevention funding amid worries Congress will shortchange the effort 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Military service officials says the don’t have data on the number of troops who have refused other mandated vaccines, such as anthrax, chicken pox or flu shots over the past decade or more. COVID vaccines to be required for military under new US plan 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z But those numbers were still uncertain when the anthrax attacks started creating a separate death toll and spreading a different type of fear. Perspective | For the nation, 9/11 brought devastation. For the D.C. area, it was the start of 13 months of terror. 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z The Soviets also weaponized and mass-produced a number of dangerous naturally occurring viruses, including the anthrax and smallpox viruses, as well as the plague-causing Yersinia pestis bacterium. Bioweapons research is banned by an international treaty — but nobody is checking for violations 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, the military tried to inoculate the entire force against the anthrax virus. Short of the Mandate They Crave, Military Leaders Race to Vaccinate Troops 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z I was on the Hill one morning in October 2001 for a Brookings Institution course on Congress when anthrax was discovered in congressional offices. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Invite neglected female artists to the table 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z There is little case law on the matter, with only one vaccine, for anthrax exposure, previously cleared in a similar way. Resistance to vaccine mandates is building. A powerful network is helping. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the date of the third anthrax letter. Perspective | For the nation, 9/11 brought devastation. For the D.C. area, it was the start of 13 months of terror. 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Techniques included infecting cigarettes and chocolates with anthrax spores, sugar with salmonella and chocolates with botulinum toxin. Bioweapons research is banned by an international treaty — but nobody is checking for violations 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The anthrax vaccination effort was hampered by court cases and supply issues, and was eventually scaled down to only a small portion of high-risk troops. Short of the Mandate They Crave, Military Leaders Race to Vaccinate Troops 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Despite a variety of legal maneuvers, the investigational status of the government’s anthrax vaccine assured that no service members could be required to take it against their will. Q&A: What are vaccine passports, and why do some people hate them so much? 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Sales of its anthrax vaccines accounted for nearly half the Strategic National Stockpile’s half-billion-dollar annual budget through most of the last decade, The Times reported last month. Top Official Warned That Covid Vaccine Plant Had to Be ‘Monitored Closely’ 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The federal agency criticized the company for problems with its testing of a potential treatment for anthrax, according to the records obtained by the AP. Company at heart of J&J vaccine woes has series of citations 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Joseph Pantone, 36, was sentenced in Albany federal court on Monday for sending envelopes containing white powder and a note that read “anthrax” to more than a dozen government offices in February 2019. Man who sent anthrax hoax letters sentenced to time served 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Yet the government paid Emergent $626 million in 2020 for products that included vaccines to protect against a terrorist attack using anthrax. Biden Cancels Visit to Vaccine Maker After Times Report on Its Tactics 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z It came into being when the U.S. military wanted to compel American service members to be immunized against anthrax. Q&A: What are vaccine passports, and why do some people hate them so much? 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z The 2001 attacks created a huge new market as the government began filling the stockpile with treatments for anthrax and smallpox. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z In the ensuing decades, it went through different names and an expanding mission, which included regulating the production of vaccines, investigating diseases caused by polluted water, and discovering the source of an anthrax outbreak. Are conservative policies shortening American lives? 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z District Court offices in Albany and Syracuse, New York and Hartford and Torrington, Connecticut, did not contain anthrax or any hazardous material. Man who sent anthrax hoax letters sentenced to time served 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z “You can’t protect people from anthrax for less than the cost of a latte,” she wrote in an email. Biden Cancels Visit to Vaccine Maker After Times Report on Its Tactics 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z He fought to rein in domestic surveillance in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a push that led to him being targeted in the anthrax attacks on Capitol Hill. Trifecta of Roles for Leahy: Witness, Juror and Judge in Trump’s Trial 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z But Emergent’s anthrax vaccine was not the government’s first choice. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Vultures are immune to leprosy, cholera, and anthrax, and they are essential for preventing the spread of carcass-borne diseases. Lasers, cannons, effigies: The surprising science of shooing vultures away 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z He pleaded guilty in October to conveying a hoax letter involving anthrax. Man who sent anthrax hoax letters sentenced to time served 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Competing efforts to develop a better and cheaper anthrax vaccine, for example, collapsed after Emergent outmaneuvered its rivals, documents and interviews show. Biden Cancels Visit to Vaccine Maker After Times Report on Its Tactics 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z His team has also discovered a previously unknown variant of anthrax that appears to pose a major threat to wildlife. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Unlike smallpox or the coronavirus, anthrax doesn’t spread from person to person, instead infecting people when its spores are released in the environment. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Or anthrax, which meant I’d have to go on Cipro for a month. Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z George W. Bush wielded it as a threat to force Bayer to lower the price of the antibiotic Cipro during the anthrax scare of 2001. Column: Pfizer, Moderna expect billions in profits from COVID vaccines. That's a scandal 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Studies of swab samples demonstrate that New York subways are populated by all manner of viruses and microbes, including everything from anthrax to the plague. When a little bit of poison is good for you: Inside the theory of dose response 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z It later became clear, however, that the cause was not the usual anthrax bacterium, but an unusual variant of Bacillus cereus, a soil bacterium that is usually benign. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z In an analysis published in 2007, the firm determined that giving antibiotics immediately after a large outdoor anthrax attack was likely to reduce serious illnesses by more than 80 percent. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The U.S. increased spending on public health and emergency preparedness after the 9/11 and anthrax attacks in 2001, but that funding has declined sharply over the years. Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus — until it was too late 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z In 2003, a federal judge ruled the Pentagon couldn’t enforce mandatory anthrax vaccinations for military personnel. Today in History 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z But it has authorized a vaccine that way only once — in 2005, against anthrax — and that was under sharply different circumstances. Pfizer says its coronavirus vaccine is safe and 95% effective and that it will seek regulatory review within days 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z And anthrax is not the only disease threatening the chimps, other work by Leendertz’s team has shown. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The last time anthrax appeared in the intelligence community’s annual Worldwide Threat Assessment, in 2012, the risk of a mass attack by a biological weapon was deemed “unlikely.” How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z In 2001, investigators found a letter addressed to Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., containing anthrax; it was the second letter bearing the deadly germ known to have been sent to Capitol Hill. Today in History 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The FBI tested the white powder and found that it did not contain anthrax or any other toxic substances. Woman sent to prison over powder-filled letter to Collins 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z In 2001, in Washington, the search for deadly anthrax widened to thousands of businesses and 30 mail distribution centers. Today in History 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The antelope was, as suspected, infected with anthrax. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Just a year later, Emergent spent about $200 million in cash, and made other financial commitments, to acquire Sanofi’s smallpox vaccine and GlaxoSmithKline’s anthrax treatment, two products with established pipelines to the stockpile. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The defensive feature is advertised to stop bacteria such as anthrax, should an owner ever require it. Could your car keep you safe from COVID-19? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “But we did a show with anthrax in the building. We did a show after 9/11. That’s what we’ve always done.” SNL is back this weekend with Jim Carrey as Joe Biden, Chris Rock as host and a whole lot of restrictions. Here’s what to expect. 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The only other time the FDA has authorized a vaccine on an emergency basis was in 2005, when it cleared the anthrax vaccine for military personnel considered at high risk of an anthrax attack. FDA poised to announce tougher standards for a covid-19 vaccine that make it unlikely one will be cleared by Election Day 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Most worrying, the Nature paper presented simulations showing anthrax could help wipe out the Taï forest’s chimpanzees within 150 years. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z He requested additional funding to buy masks but was refused, he said, and he was unwilling to free up money by reducing the supply of anthrax vaccines. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The samples were also tested for cyanide, pesticides and anthrax at laboratories in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada and the United States. Botswana reveals the cause of a mass elephant die-off after months-long wait 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Postal workers who were offered an emergency anthrax vaccine in 2001 became wary of the government’s shifting guidelines and rationales, and many refused. Perspective | Trump’s rush for a covid vaccine could make it less likely to work 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Since February, the FDA used the power to authorize hundreds of coronavirus tests and a few treatments; it has authorized a vaccine that way only once in its history, in 2005, against anthrax. Debate rages over whether FDA should use emergency powers to clear a coronavirus vaccine early 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z “I’ve been through SARS, the 2009 pandemic, the anthrax attacks, and of course I’m in rural Idaho, not New York City and California,” Hahn said. The nation’s public health agencies are ailing when they’re needed most 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Early research indicated that all three options guarded against anthrax with two doses. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z In 2005 FDA granted an EUA for an anthrax vaccine for people who the military determined were at high risk of attack from anthrax used as a biological weapon. Here’s how the U.S. could release a COVID-19 vaccine before the election—and why that scares some 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Most famously, the CIA championed an Iraqi engineer code-named Curveball who told German intelligence that Saddam could churn out anthrax, smallpox and other deadly biological agents on trucks. Review: The lies and mistakes that led us into Iraq, laid out in a new book 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The filter also killed 99.9% of anthrax spores in testing at a different lab. Researchers create air filter that can kill coronavirus 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z She said that "two million people in low- and middle-income countries die each year from neglected endemic zoonotic diseases - such as anthrax, bovine tuberculosis and rabies". More outbreaks if we keep exploiting wildlife - UN 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Last year, as the pandemic raced across the country, the government paid Emergent $626 million for products that included vaccines to fight an entirely different threat: a terrorist attack using anthrax. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The episode provoked lawsuits claiming there was no evidence that the vaccine, which the military required soldiers to get, worked against the type of inhalational anthrax used in bioweapons. Here’s how the U.S. could release a COVID-19 vaccine before the election—and why that scares some 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z But the first major BioShield contract, an $878 million deal for a “next generation” anthrax vaccine that required fewer shots and was easier to store, was awarded to a California start-up called VaxGen. Before the pandemic, top contractor received billions from government to help prepare the nation for biowarfare 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The CDC manages some 100 different health surveillance systems, including collecting data from local and state health officials on particularly important diseases such as anthrax, cholera and Ebola, through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. Was the coronavirus outbreak an intelligence failure? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Located in Atlanta, the C.D.C. is encharged with protecting the nation against public health threats — from anthrax to obesity — and serving as the unassailable source of information about fighting them. The C.D.C. Waited ‘Its Entire Existence for This Moment.’ What Went Wrong? 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z One year, the government increased its order of Emergent’s main anthrax vaccine by $100 million after the company insisted it needed the additional sales to stay in business, according to two former federal officials. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z A veterinarian and a novelist court a horse breeder during an anthrax scare in Southern California. Movies on TV this week, May 31: A Clockwork Orange and more 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Emergent has long been the government’s sole provider of BioThrax, a vaccine for anthrax poisoning. Before the pandemic, top contractor received billions from government to help prepare the nation for biowarfare 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z "You should still be careful," Dr. William Haseltine — a biologist renowned for his work in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, for fighting anthrax and for advancing our knowledge of the human genome — told Salon. Fox News's misleading headlines about how coronavirus spreads aren't helping 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z In a published study based on actual case presentations from the 2001 anthrax attack, only six of 164 physicians from civilian and military hospitals who reviewed the case reports suspected anthrax as a possibility. How to Snuff Out the Next Pandemic 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Those were the last anthrax attacks in the United States. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Notably, the same was said of Trump by Dr. William Haseltine, a biologist renowned for his work in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, for fighting anthrax and for advancing our knowledge of the human genome. Trump, Putin's pandemic responses are similarly awful 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z It remained the only anthrax vaccine supplier to the government. Before the pandemic, top contractor received billions from government to help prepare the nation for biowarfare 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Salon spoke with Dr. William Haseltine, a biologist renowned for his work in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, for fighting anthrax and for advancing our knowledge of the human genome. WHO has good news on COVID-19, and bad news on hydroxychloroquine 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Bowen said he soon concluded that BARDA’s focus was trained elsewhere, on billion-dollar deals to induce manufacturing of vaccines for the most exotic disasters, such as weaponized attacks with anthrax or smallpox. In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Emergent bought the license for the country’s only approved anthrax vaccine in 1998 from the State of Michigan. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z One prevents respiratory syncytial virus in infants, two prevent and treat anthrax, and another helps HIV-infected people whom standard drugs have failed. The race is on for antibodies that stop the new coronavirus 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The Clinton administration had announced plans to vaccinate all U.S. troops against anthrax and to stockpile vaccines to protect civilians. Before the pandemic, top contractor received billions from government to help prepare the nation for biowarfare 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The firm got started making a vaccine against anthrax, and since then has produced candidates for the Ebola and Zika viruses. Va. governor says state could start reopening on May 15 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z He argued that the government should build reserves of drugs to shield against anthrax and smallpox attacks, calling bioweapons “as lethal and potentially devastating as a nuclear device.” Before pandemic, Trump’s stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z The biggest source was the sale of anthrax and smallpox vaccines even as the company also began manufacturing coronavirus vaccines. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Records of accidents in U.S. labs reveal multiple inadvertent infections and exposures to lethal microbes, including the pathogens linked to anthrax, Ebola and the plague. Chinese lab conducted extensive research on deadly bat viruses, but there is no evidence of accidental release 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks weeks later, spurred Congress to look into what was possible. Perspective | If Parliament can vote remotely, Congress can, too 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Indeed, in October 2001, media darlings like Richard Butler and Andrew Sullivan propagandized for war with Iraq because of the anthrax attacks. The pandemic has exposed the threat of a biowarfare arms race 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Kadlec committed additional spending to biodefense countermeasures such as smallpox and anthrax vaccines while cutting planned spending on emerging infectious diseases, despite warnings from scientists that a natural contagion could also be devastating. Before pandemic, Trump’s stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z “You can’t protect people from anthrax for less than the cost of a latte,” said the spokeswoman, Nina DeLorenzo, a senior vice president. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z During the morning of the memorial service, New York was awash in the fresh fear of an anthrax scare. Appreciation: Shirley Knight, a bridge to Actors Studio greatness and an acting model for others 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z In 2015, the US military accidentally shipped live anthrax samples instead of dead spores to as many as nine labs across the country and a military base in South Korea. Is there any evidence for coronavirus lab release idea? 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Obviously the Chinese government's allegations should not be taken at face value, but neither should U.S. government claims — especially considering that U.S. government labs were the apparent source for the anthrax attacks in 2001. The pandemic has exposed the threat of a biowarfare arms race 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z In the mid-1990s, Kadlec was part of an elite Air Force operations unit and served as a U.N. weapons inspector hunting the Iraqi desert for Saddam Hussein’s suspected stores of anthrax and botulism. Before pandemic, Trump’s stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Competing efforts to develop a better and cheaper anthrax vaccine, for example, collapsed after Emergent outmaneuvered its rivals, the documents and interviews show. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The Microbe institute, originally dedicated wholly to bubonic plague but later expanded to tackle other infections such as cholera, yellow fever, anthrax and tularemia, models the spread of the coronavirus. How Bubonic Plague Has Helped Russia Fight the Coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Even the Internal Revenue Service recently discovered it had 50,000 respirator masks — leftovers from past influenza and anthrax scares. As shortage worsens, federal officials ask agencies to donate spare medical supplies 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The 2001 anthrax attacks also provided much of the pretext for the surge in biolab spending since then, even though they apparently originated in a U.S. or U.S.-allied lab. The pandemic has exposed the threat of a biowarfare arms race 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z It was not just 9/11 and the anthrax attack that propelled this surge. Preparedness spending exploded after 9/11. Is that helping now? 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z Yet that official, Dr. Robert Kadlec, also said that spending on the company’s anthrax vaccines limited his ability to prepare for other potential disasters. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z These are the same army scientists who helped develop vaccines for anthrax, the plague and Ebola. Army researchers at Fort Detrick who helped discover Ebola treatment seek coronavirus vaccine 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Haseltine is a biologist renowned for his work in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, for fighting anthrax and for advancing our knowledge of the human genome. Public health experts say Trump is bungling the coronavirus response 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z First smallpox; then anthrax; then H5N1, or bird flu; and, more broadly, “pandemic influenza.” California once had mobile hospitals and a ventilator stockpile. But it dismantled them 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Federal policymakers concentrated heavily on pandemic preparedness in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and anthrax scare in 2001, which both exposed gaps in the nation’s emergency response system. A disaster foretold: Shortages of ventilators and other medical supplies have long been warned about 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z But even as he fretted over the stockpile’s lack of preparedness for a pandemic, Dr. Kadlec said, he felt compelled to continue preparing for anthrax and other bioterrorism threats. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z In 1876, the German scientist Robert Koch discovered the anthrax bacillus, kicking off the new research field of medical bacteriology. Keep it clean: The surprising 130-year history of handwashing 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z In 2001, they were relocated, but not postponed, after an anthrax scare. A somber Trump urges Americans to follow virus guidelines 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z He said, for example, that the Pentagon was saving money by buying doses of anthrax and smallpox vaccines from the nation’s civilian stockpile instead of trying to produce products in-house. Federal vaccine development sites ill-suited to counter covid-19 epidemic 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z As early as 2003, the GAO cautioned that many urban hospitals lacked enough ventilators to treat a large number of patients suffering from respiratory problems that would be expected in an anthrax or botulism outbreak. A disaster foretold: Shortages of ventilators and other medical supplies have long been warned about 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z A key decision landed before Dr. Kadlec’s office in 2019: whether to purchase large amounts of Emergent’s new, unlicensed anthrax vaccine. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Many led the response to the spread of Ebola and the H1N1 crisis, and some dealt with the 2001 anthrax attacks. The number of covid-19 cases in the D.C. region is doubling every 48 hours 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “While different in some ways, moments after 9/11 and the anthrax scare were not so dissimilar,” she wrote. Perspective | Facing coronavirus uncertainties, Washington-area nonprofits consider difficult decisions 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and subsequent anthrax threats fit the bill. Face masks in national stockpile have not been substantially replenished since 2009 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z After the anthrax attacks closed the largest Senate office buildings, senators and staff shared space with other offices. Analysis | Congress in grip of confusion, fear over coronavirus unsure whether to stay or go 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z In 2020, the government spent more than $370 million on Emergent’s anthrax vaccines — the largest sales total for the vaccines in the company’s history. How One Firm Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z We were pretty sure the masks were for anthrax. Perspective | The first rule of quarantine club: Don’t eat the soup before you really need it 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z That was followed three years later by a run on the duct tape and plastic sheeting that might save us from terrorists and anthrax. Perspective | Those masks you’re stockpiling — our nurses and construction workers need them more 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The woman first tested positive in late January and was discharged from the hospital on Feb. 1, leading some experts to speculate that it was biphasic, like anthrax. Explainer: Coronavirus reappears in discharged patients, raising questions in containment fight 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Veteran lawmakers say the coronavirus has created more uncertainty than even those early days of the war in Afghanistan when the anthrax letters started arriving in the Capitol. Analysis | Congress in grip of confusion, fear over coronavirus unsure whether to stay or go 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Eighty sheep were taken to the island and tethered, while bombs filled with anthrax spores were detonated nearby. Landscapes of chemical and biological warfare 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Was the dirty bomb supposed to contain anthrax? Perspective | The first rule of quarantine club: Don’t eat the soup before you really need it 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z One of the lessons learned in prior crises, such as the anthrax attacks, is not to offer false assurances when scientists have questions about the illness. AP FACT CHECK: Democrats distort coronavirus readiness 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Back then, the biggest concern was anthrax attacks and severe acute respiratory syndrome, more commonly known as SARS. Why treat people exposed to virus in Omaha? Why not? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z A few dozen were exposed to anthrax, including two postal workers who died, and thousands took antibiotics as a precaution. Analysis | Congress in grip of confusion, fear over coronavirus unsure whether to stay or go 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Back then, the biggest concern was anthrax attacks and severe acute respiratory syndrome, more commonly known as SARS. Why treat people exposed to virus in Omaha? Why not? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The CDC's program focuses on infectious diseases ranging from foodborne illnesses to anthrax and Ebola. The Trump administration has made the U.S. less ready for infectious disease outbreaks 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z I also think it is good news is that the modified anthrax toxin spared normal cells. Anthrax vs. cancer — researchers harness the deadly toxin to cure dogs and hopefully people 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z On two occasions, anthrax scares forced the evacuation of thousands of people in the District Court building where he works. In Poland, a Stubborn Defender of Judicial Independence 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z That same day investigators uncovered traces of anthrax in a mail room in a House office that processed all congressional mail, prompting the GOP majority to adjourn the chamber for the rest of the week. Analysis | Congress in grip of confusion, fear over coronavirus unsure whether to stay or go 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z It’s like anthrax in an envelope, he said, or digging a pit trap for a blind person, or like shining a laser pointer in the eyes of a pilot trying to land a plane. A tweet gave a journalist a seizure. His case brings new meaning to the idea of ‘online assault.’ 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Everywhere I went while on book tour, I was being bumped, because they were finding anthrax everywhere. The rerelease of Claudia Fleming’s timeless ‘The Last Course’ has us all begging for dessert 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Beyond the city limits, sheep and cows had contracted anthrax. Jeanne Guillemin, pioneering researcher who uncovered a Cold War secret, dies at 76 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z On September 18th, letters containing anthrax had been mailed to media outlets and congressional offices. Lessons to Be Learned from the Afghanistan Papers 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Two days later, as health officials realized the anthrax had spread deep into the ventilation system, they ordered the Hart building shut indefinitely. Analysis | Congress in grip of confusion, fear over coronavirus unsure whether to stay or go 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z People can fall ill with the disease after inhaling just 10 to 50 particles of the bacteria, compared with 8,000 to 50,000 anthrax spores needed to cause that disease. The army quietly re-opens its infamous germ warfare lab 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Other scandals that are touched upon include the 2001 death of photojournalist Bob Stevens, from anthrax, after AMI received tainted envelopes in the mail. Review | The documentary ‘Scandalous’ takes a fun, yet sobering, look at the National Enquirer 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z “They found solid evidence that anthrax spores had come from the military facility at Compound 19.” Jeanne Guillemin, pioneering researcher who uncovered a Cold War secret, dies at 76 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z This might provoke worries about weaponizing disease-causing microorganisms, or pathogens, like Ebola or anthrax. Salad bars and water systems are easy targets for bioterrorists 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s dramatically different from the congressional response to anthrax attacks in October 2001, when letters sent to a pair of Democratic senators were laced with the bacteria that contained the deadly disease. Analysis | Congress in grip of confusion, fear over coronavirus unsure whether to stay or go 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Bruce Ivins, a microbiologist who was suspected but never charged in the anthrax mailings in 2001 that killed five people, worked at the institute. The army quietly re-opens its infamous germ warfare lab 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles Times reported that the amount of powder in the envelope was very small, apparently intended to make recipients suspect that it was anthrax. The Terrorization of Katie Hill 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The material, very small in amount, was most likely meant to make people believe it was anthrax. Katie Hill's office receives white powder in envelope, but it tests negative for harmful toxins 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z While monitoring pathogens likely to pose severe threats to public health, my colleagues and I spend a lot of time studying viruses and bacteria that are very hard to obtain, like anthrax or the plague. Salad bars and water systems are easy targets for bioterrorists 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Still, Trump did not explicitly tie that threat to al-Qaida and thought an attack might come through a miniaturized weapon of mass destruction, like a nuclear device in a suitcase or anthrax. AP FACT CHECK: Trump claims on extremists, impeachment 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z An investigation by ProPublica and other news organizations found problems with the anthrax investigation. The army quietly re-opens its infamous germ warfare lab 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z “Preliminary investigations suggest the elephants are dying from anthrax whilst some died from drought effects,” a Department of Wildlife and National Parks statement said. More than 100 elephants die in Botswana in suspected anthrax outbreak 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z French scientist Louis Pasteur discovers cures for rabies and anthrax, and develops a process for sterilizing raw milk. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Agents like anthrax or smallpox remain among the most feared in connection with bioterrorism attacks. Salad bars and water systems are easy targets for bioterrorists 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Rosenberg: The anthrax attacks came several months after the attacks of 9/11 and a number of the anthrax laden letters were delivered to addresses in Washington D.C. Transcript: Anthony Williams 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The next year, he was part of Operation Sea Spray, in which dust engineered to float like anthrax was released near San Francisco. From mind control to murder? How a deadly fall revealed the CIA’s darkest secrets 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “Due to the severe drought, elephants end up ingesting soil while grazing and get exposed to the anthrax bacteria spore,” it said. More than 100 elephants die in Botswana in suspected anthrax outbreak 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z A hoaxer who sent packages of white powder marked as "anthrax" to female MPs has admitted targeting 16 victims. Anthrax hoaxer admits sending white powder to MPs 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z All involved ricin, with one plot also involving anthrax. Islamist terror plots in Europe declining, but schemes getting more 'creative,' analysis says 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z It is North Dakota’s first reported case of anthrax this year. Anthrax confirmed in cattle herd in western North Dakota 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The order will suspend research into organisms that cause Ebola, smallpox, anthrax and plague, and poison ricin, the New York Times reported. Military lab, which handles Ebola and other dangerous pathogens, suspended after failing CDC inspection 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z It said it would be burning the carcasses to prevent the anthrax infection from spreading to other animals. More than 100 elephants die in Botswana in suspected anthrax outbreak 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z There are 67 select agents and toxins; examples include the organisms that cause Ebola, smallpox, anthrax and plague, and the poison ricin. Deadly germ research is shut down at Army lab over safety concerns 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z It was reported the soldier was exposed to or vaccinated for anthrax, a serious bacterial disease, and became immune before defection. North Korean soldier defects to South Korea, makes late-night dash across DMZ: officials 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z No anthrax cases were reported in North Dakota last year. Anthrax confirmed in cattle herd in western North Dakota 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z As far back as 2001, when the U.S. government needed to buy 20 million doses of Doxycycline in response to anthrax attacks, it turned to a European supplier that sourced its ingredients from China. U.S. dependence on China for medicine is a major problem 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z The letter contained a powdery substance and said, “die, die, die, ha, ha, ha, anthrax, goodbye.” Florida inmate’s fake anthrax threat nets a 10-year sentence 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The Army institute also employed Bruce E. Ivins, a microbiologist who was a leading suspect — but who was never charged — in the anthrax mailings in 2001 that killed five people. Deadly germ research is shut down at Army lab over safety concerns 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z In the worst biological attack in U.S. history, letters laced with powdered anthrax spores were sent through the U.S. mail soon after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Times Investigation: Homeland Security has gutted programs aimed at detecting weapons of mass destruction 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Ebola, plague and anthrax are among the life-threatening diseases under study at this secluded base. What's inside the UK's top-secret laboratory? 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z My office dealt more with the anthrax mailings and the anthrax attacks because it was a regional press office. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z So, we were dealing with the media markets in the places where anthrax had shown up in the mail. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Even when it comes to treating anthrax, China is the largest exporter of the building block to make ciprofloxacin, an anthrax antidote. America too dependent on China for its medicine, experts warn 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z In July 2008, an Army scientist, Bruce E. Ivins, killed himself after he learned he was about to be indicted for the anthrax deaths. Times Investigation: Homeland Security has gutted programs aimed at detecting weapons of mass destruction 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z At some point you will throw down the anthrax scalpel and say “this is impossible!” Facebook should do more to stop malicious propaganda videos 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z So, we were dealing with the media markets in the places where anthrax had shown up in the mail. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z There was an anthrax death in Florida, and then the national press office was dealing more with the airspace, which was closed for days, and the walk up to the initial attack in Afghanistan. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The prospective Trump plaintiffs are eyeing the case of Mr. Hatfill, an Army scientist wrongly suspected by the FBI in the 2001 anthrax mail attacks that killed five people. Donald Trump associates weigh defamation lawsuits over Russia probe 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z But subterranean developments caused by the Arctic thaw — from methane explosions to rejuvenated anthrax spores in Siberia — are only part of climate change’s disturbing chapter in Earth’s restless story of emergence and extinction. The fascinating and terrifying worlds beneath our feet 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Worried about the rise of drug-resistant bacteria and the pharmaceutical industry’s lack of new antibiotic research, Defense officials turned to biologists for help defending against agents such as anthrax. Microbes called extremophiles might combat superbugs, biowarfare agents 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z There was an anthrax death in Florida, and then the national press office was dealing more with the airspace, which was closed for days, and the walk up to the initial attack in Afghanistan. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z And so, not only was there the aftermath of 9/11 and all that it brought and rot, but also the anthrax attacks. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Authorities say she also sent a threatening note saying the substance was anthrax, which it wasn’t. Woman charged with sending Collins threat to be arraigned 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z In the “cursed fields” of northern Russia, permafrost melt is exposing 19th-century animal burial grounds containing naturally occurring anthrax spores; a 2016 outbreak infected 23 people and killed a child. What lies beneath: Robert Macfarlane travels 'Underland' 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z “I think a plague would be most successful but how do I acquire the needed/ Spanish flu, botulism, anthrax not sure yet but will find something,” the authorities said he wrote. Christopher Hasson, Coast Guard Officer, Plotted Attacks at His Desk, Filings Say 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z And so, not only was there the aftermath of 9/11 and all that it brought and rot, but also the anthrax attacks. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z My office dealt more with the anthrax mailings and the anthrax attacks because it was a regional press office. Transcript: Nicolle Wallace 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Fears soared several weeks after the 9/11 attacks, when letters laced with anthrax spores killed five people, infected 17 others and forced the closure of numerous government buildings and U.S. mail facilities. Homeland Security replacing troubled biodefense system with another flawed approach 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Among the first nuggets of eternal wisdom you discover is that a day without Twitter is like a day without anthrax. Opinion | I took a break from Twitter. It was like taking a break from Anthrax. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Louis Pasteur developed vaccines for animal diseases such as chicken cholera and anthrax, but of these he is best remembered for his rabies vaccine. The endless hunt for the perfect flu vaccine 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z A single gallon of anthrax, if suitably distributed, could end human life on Earth. North Korea’s Less-Known Military Threat: Biological Weapons 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The goal was to have plants report on what they had been exposed to - for example biological or chemical warfare agents such as anthrax. Milestone meetings 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The FBI ultimately concluded that the culprit was Bruce E. Ivins, an Army microbiologist who was an anthrax specialist at Ft. Homeland Security replacing troubled biodefense system with another flawed approach 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The list of diseases that animals pass on to humans is long: anthrax, Ebola, tuberculosis, and Zika, to name just a few. Tourists may be making Antarctica’s penguins sick 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Trump did not explicitly tie that threat to al-Qaida and thought an attack might come through the use of a miniaturized weapon of mass destruction, like a nuclear device in a suitcase or anthrax. AP FACT CHECK: On break, no break by Trump in twisting facts 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z She said the evidence suggests the North succeeded in building a seemingly harmless agricultural plant that could be repurposed within weeks to produce dried anthrax spores. North Korea’s Less-Known Military Threat: Biological Weapons 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Potential bioweapons like anthrax, plague and rabbit fever attract bioterrorism funds. Why Don’t We Have Vaccines Against Everything? 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The report also showed that four trigger devices failed in testing last year to detect tiny, unclumped anthrax spores — the type that experts say a skilled terrorist or state-sponsored biowarfare program might produce. Homeland Security replacing troubled biodefense system with another flawed approach 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z But after Clinton left office, bioterrorism became a far more pressing threat, in the wake of several anthrax attacks in 2001. Remembering Grim Fandango: this week in tech, 20 years ago 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z That’s where a postal worker was exposed to anthrax by inhaling the spores. Mail bombs to prominent Democrats carry unique signature: partisanship 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Americans felt the sting of bioweapons in 2001 when a teaspoon of anthrax powder, dispatched in a handful of envelopes, killed five people, sickened 17 more and set off a nationwide panic. North Korea’s Less-Known Military Threat: Biological Weapons 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z CNN said initial tests deemed it was not anthrax but further examination was planned. Investigators focus on Florida in hunt for sender of bombs mailed... 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Morse and other experts said the triggers would struggle with fine-powdered anthrax and would not reliably detect low volumes of the bacterium that causes tularemia, another potential biowarfare agent. Homeland Security replacing troubled biodefense system with another flawed approach 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z I also covered the anthrax attacks, which were aimed at prominent journalists, in the wake of 9/11. A country on edge as explosive devices sent to top Democrats, CNN 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The Administration of President George W. Bush attempted to tie the anthrax attack to al-Qaeda. Mail bombs to prominent Democrats carry unique signature: partisanship 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z “If you’re a country that feels generally outclassed in conventional weapons,” Ms. Hanham said, a lethal microbe such as anthrax might seem like a good way “to create an outsized amount of damage.” North Korea’s Less-Known Military Threat: Biological Weapons 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Beatty, who investigated the anthrax attacks on Congress and the media in 2001, cautioned that the pipe bomb investigation was just getting started. Democrats, media blame Donald Trump for pipe bombs 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z In the weeks following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, anthrax spores were mailed to news media offices and two U.S. senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. Obama, Clinton among targets of suspected bombs ahead of U.S. election 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z In the weeks following the attacks of September 11, 2001, anthrax spores were mailed to news media offices and two U.S. senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. Pipe bombs sent to top Democrats, CNN an 'act of terror': NYC mayor 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z In 2001, the nation’s anthrax scare hit the White House with the discovery of a small concentration of spores at an offsite mail processing center. Today in History 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z In 2001, Washington, D.C., postal worker Thomas L. Morris Jr. died of inhalation anthrax as officials began testing thousands of postal employees. Today in History 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z In 2001, officials announced that anthrax had been discovered in a House postal facility on Capitol Hill. Today in History 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z In activating the emergency hub to begin reuniting families, Azar was reaching back to the grim days after the September 2001 terrorism and anthrax attacks, when he served as HHS general counsel. Health and Human Services secretary confronts migrant child crisis 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Bird flu, anthrax, and swine flu all incubate in and spread from domesticated poultry, cows, and hogs to humans. Is lab-grown meat the solution to meat’s ills? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z In 2001, tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens died from inhaled anthrax, the first of a series of anthrax cases in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Washington. Today in History 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Other antibodies are used to kill cancer cells, neutralize anthrax and slow the progress of lupus, an autoimmune disease. Use of Evolution to Design Molecules Nets Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 3 Scientists 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z After letters containing deadly anthrax were mailed to two senators and media outlets in 2001, the U.S. Screening for poisons, explosives in mail a daily reality after... 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Envelopes with anthrax spores began turning up in postal centers, congressional offices, news organizations. Health and Human Services secretary confronts migrant child crisis 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z During the anthrax attacks, when Mr. Azar worked in the Bush administration, the FBI held spores as criminal evidence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was called into to evaluate the substance. Trump tasks HHS with ongoing review of biodefense 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z She worked as a loadmaster at Dover Air Force Base until 2008, when she was medically retired after suffering an adverse reaction to the anthrax vaccine. Political newcomer carries antiestablishment fight to Carper 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The approvals put the United States on track to fulfil criteria for bioweapons defence drafted in response to the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people. The spectre of smallpox lingers 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The company was founded under the name BioPort in 1998 and hit it big selling anthrax vaccines to biodefense agencies after the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five Americans and infected 17 others. Emergent BioSolutions to acquire cholera and typhoid vaccines in $270 million deal 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Ten years ago: The government declared that Army scientist Bruce Ivins was solely responsible for the anthrax attacks that killed five and rattled the nation in 2001. Today in History 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Army scientist Bruce E. Ivins, 62, named as a top suspect in anthrax mailing attacks in 2001, died at a hospital in Frederick, Md., after deliberately overdosing on Tylenol. Today in History 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Rep. Maxine Waters’ district office in South Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon after someone noticed a suspicious package that was reportedly labeled “anthrax,” officials said. Rep. Maxine Waters' office evacuated after alleged anthrax threat 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z “Their large size and aggressive behaviors mostly allows them to avoid predation. But they can’t avoid drought and they can’t avoid things like anthrax.” How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z It still controls the market for anthrax vaccines. Emergent BioSolutions to acquire cholera and typhoid vaccines in $270 million deal 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Remember 2001, when anthrax was mailed to a number of journalists, resulting in the death of one? Georgia editorial roundup 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Animals with anthrax are often found dead with no illness detected. Anthrax strikes another cattle herd in South Dakota 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z According to The Houston Chronicle , Hess testified Tuesday that Irsan called authorities to his property because he believed he found anthrax. Murder suspect: Daughter wanted to poison him with anthrax 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z According to the Zambian government, one of the primary reasons for a cull is the fear of an anthrax outbreak. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The South Dakota Animal Industry Board says anthrax spores survive indefinitely in contaminated soil. Anthrax confirmed in South Dakota cattle herd 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z “The pragmatic people would just engineer drug-resistant anthrax or highly transmissible influenza. Some recipes are online.” As D.I.Y. Gene Editing Gains Popularity, ‘Someone Is Going to Get Hurt’ 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z There are antibiotics, including the powerful medication Ciprofloxacin, vaccines for smallpox and anthrax and antivirals for a deadly influenza pandemic. Inside the secret U.S. stockpile meant to save us all in a bioterror attack 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z In addition to The Hot Zone, Preston also wrote about smallpox, anthrax, and biological weapons in The Demon in the Freezer, and he is working on a book about the 2014 outbreak. National Geographic has ordered a series about the Ebola virus 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z This is hardly unfounded as anthrax outbreaks have been seen among hippos populations in Tanzania and Namibia last year. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z It was an exciting time, because the state was ground zero for the anthrax attacks that followed Sept. 11. Fighting Disease Is a Battle Often Won With Spreadsheets 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z During the Cold War, Soviet leaders spent vast sums to create weaponized versions of 11 different pathogens — including the microbes that cause anthrax, smallpox and the plague — while also experimenting with genetically altered strains. Poisoning of Russian ex-spy puts spotlight on Moscow’s secret military labs 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z On Monday, officials announced plans to add more anthrax antitoxin. Inside the secret U.S. stockpile meant to save us all in a bioterror attack 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z He worked for 18 years at Fort Detrick, where he was accidentally exposed to anthrax and, as a result, had a strain of the virus named for him. Bernard ‘Lefty’ Kreh, renowned fisherman and outdoors writer, dies at 93 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z While most of us know of anthrax as a deadly poison used to terrorize people, it is a bacteria that most commonly hits ungulates like cows, sheep and, yes, hippos. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z A Maryland fishing trail bears his name, as does a strain of anthrax. World-renowned fisherman, Lefty Kreh, dies at 93 in Maryland 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Thousands of British troops are also to be vaccinated against anthrax. UK to build new chemical defence centre 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z There, the Soviets weaponized pathogens including the smallpox and Marburg viruses and the anthrax bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Ominous biosecurity trends under Putin 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Hoax attacks using white powder play on fears that date to 2001, when letters containing deadly anthrax were mailed to news organizations and the offices of two U.S. senators. Feds: Man sent white powder letters to Trump Jr., 4 others 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z “Anthrax is a very deadly disease and people are very susceptible to it,” said Corinne Kendall, Curator of Conservation and Research at the North Carolina Zoo, who has studied both hippos, vultures and anthrax. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Police say they are treating as a racist hate crime a letter containing white powder sent to Meghan Markle, which sparked an anthrax scare. White powder letter sent to Meghan Markle treated as racist hate crime 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z He will also announce that, as a precaution, thousands of British troops will be vaccinated against anthrax, a spore-producing bacterial disease used in a series of bio-terror attacks in the US in 2001. UK to build new chemical defence centre 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z President George W. Bush had an anthrax scare, and Obama oversaw the Deepwater Horizon disaster and an Ebola outbreak. Trump's Science Advisor, Age 31, Has a Political Science Degree 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z That bio-terrorists will unleash lethal spores such as anthrax or a contagious virus such as smallpox is not a question of “if” but “when”, an expert tells Mr Quick. Prescriptions for fighting epidemics 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z But that doesn’t mean hippos struck by anthrax would likely spread it to humans. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The errant document offered a critique of how officials performed during a simulated release of the infectious disease anthrax in Minneapolis on the day of the Super Bowl. Super Bowl security document found on commercial flight 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The nation was on the lookout for another terrorist attack, after a series of anthrax incidents had killed five people, sickened more than a dozen and left the country once more on edge. A family in Missouri had a life for 15 years. Then they were torn apart 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The terrible effect was obvious as blood gushed from the eyes and mouth of one dead hippo slowly filling the pond—still occupied with its live compatriots—with anthrax spores. Vultures, Hippos and Anthrax 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It sounds a bit like the propaganda-fuelled war drums enabling the invasion of Iraq, you know, the constant feeding of misinformation about Saddam's ties to Al Qaeda, or was it anthrax? Fingerprints of Russian Disinformation: From AIDS to Fake News 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z No humans were infected in either Tanzania or Namibia during the anthrax outbreaks. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The errant document offered a critique of how officials performed during a simulated release of the infectious disease anthrax in Minneapolis on the day of the Super Bowl. Super Bowl security document found on commercial flight 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Although overshadowed by Pyongyang’s nuclear and chemical weapons, the threat of biological attack from the North is regarded as sufficiently serious that the Pentagon routinely vaccinates all Korea-bound troops for exposure to anthrax and smallpox. Microbes by the ton: Officials see weapons threat as North Korea gains biotech expertise 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z In 2001, Ross also erroneously linked anthrax used in attacks in Washington and New York with Iraq and its leader at the time, Saddam Hussein. ABC News apologizes for ‘serious error’ in Trump report and suspends Brian Ross for four weeks 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Detrick who specialized in handling anthrax, had committed suicide after his lawyers informed him he was about to be charged with murder for the letter attacks. As he investigates Trump's aides, special counsel's record shows surprising flaws 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z No one wants anthrax infecting their wildlife — let alone their people. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z As HHS general counsel, Azar worked on the administration’s response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the ensuing anthrax attacks, stem-cell policy and the advent of the Medicare prescription drug benefits. Trump picks Alex Azar to lead Health and Human Services 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Residents were exposed not only to the stench but to biohazards like anthrax. My Kingdom for a Renewable Energy Source 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Monkeypox is on the U.S. government list of pathogens such as anthrax and Ebola with the greatest potential to threaten human health. CDC scientists pursue deadly monkeypox virus in Africa 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “The director was always the leader of the anthrax investigation, period,” said Michael Mason, former head of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. As he investigates Trump's aides, special counsel's record shows surprising flaws 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The government says there are simply too many hippos and fears an outbreak of anthrax that could spread to other animals. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z In 2014, as many as 84 CDC employees were exposed to live samples of anthrax bacteria that were inadvertently shipped between labs, leading the agency to temporary close two labs and halt shipment of pathogens. U.S. oversight of risky pathogen research has flaws, report finds 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z He emphasized that, while tests are ongoing, preventing anthrax poisoning is difficult. Anthrax May Have Killed 100 Hippos in Namibia 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z He says these discoveries might lead to applications to curb everyday problems such as acne and pneumonia and to counteract biological weapons such as anthrax. Komodo dragon blood might save human lives. Getting it isn’t easy. 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Nor did he have access to anthrax stored at Ft. As he investigates Trump's aides, special counsel's record shows surprising flaws 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z If confirmed, the anthrax outbreak wouldn't be the first, or even the worst, in recent years. Anthrax May Have Caused the Sudden Death of 100 Hippos 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z A previous outbreak in Uganda in 2004 left at least 180 hippos dead, while last year more than 2,300 reindeer died after being infected with anthrax during a heatwave in Siberia. Anthrax suspected in hippo deaths 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z "We suspect that they died because of anthrax but we are yet to confirm this," said the ministry official in a phone interview. Anthrax May Have Killed 100 Hippos in Namibia 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The Siberian anthrax outbreak also caused the hospitalization of more than 20 people and even one death. Will the Thawing of Arctic Ice Release Diseases? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Evidence showed Ivins had created and held custody of a batch of anthrax traced by DNA to each of the killings. As he investigates Trump's aides, special counsel's record shows surprising flaws 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Human deaths from anthrax in the U.S. are extremely rare. Anthrax May Have Caused the Sudden Death of 100 Hippos 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z “Even the hardiest pathogen, an anthrax spore, is easily killed,” he says, adding that the process also breaks down toxic chemicals such as embalming fluid. Dissolve the Dead? Controversy Swirls around Liquid Cremation 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z In 2004, as many as 200 hippos died from a deadly anthrax outbreak in Uganda. Anthrax May Have Killed 100 Hippos in Namibia 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z During the last anthrax outbreak in the region 75 years ago, the bodies of reindeer who succumbed to the infection were buried. Will the Thawing of Arctic Ice Release Diseases? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z A handful of letters, laced with powdered anthrax, killed five people and sickened 17 others. As he investigates Trump's aides, special counsel's record shows surprising flaws 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Livestock producers are advised that anthrax should be suspected in cases of sudden death. Anthrax causes cattle deaths in Pennington County 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z It’s important to detect anthrax fast So it’s important to detect anthrax fast. AI can now detect anthrax which could help the fight against bioterrorism 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The standard anthrax vaccine also protects against B. cereus; the team vaccinated about 100 animals in 2012 and 2013 and is now monitoring them. Anthrax’s cousin wreaks havoc in the rainforest 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z He is like a walking 180 pounds of anthrax, and very, very sad. The Game of Game of Thrones: season 7, episode 2, Stormborn 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Emergent is publicly traded company that is perhaps best known as the supplier of BioThrax, which is the only anthrax vaccine licensed by the Food and Drug Administration. Why a biodefense firm is going on a spending spree 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The man who was White House press secretary during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, two wars and an anthrax attack on U.S. soil is now a Fox News Channel contributor. Inside the Beltway: Obstruction of Trump nominees is unprecedented 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z The goal is to be prepared in case North Korea is developing anthrax as a bioweapon, he says. AI can now detect anthrax which could help the fight against bioterrorism 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Five years later, Leendertz and his team at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin showed that what killed the chimps was an unusual form of anthrax. Anthrax’s cousin wreaks havoc in the rainforest 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Such concerns spiked after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks of that autumn. Scientists synthesize smallpox cousin in ominous breakthrough 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Emergent wants to transfer all manufacturing related to the anthrax antibody to its Baltimore facilities in 2020, according to a company press release. Why a biodefense firm is going on a spending spree 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z He also developed vaccines against anthrax and rabies. TASTE OF THE TOUR: Cheese in a box and Brel’s favored wine. 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z One species was Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax, and four were closely related doppelgängers. AI can now detect anthrax which could help the fight against bioterrorism 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z And he made mistakes, including a botched investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks in D.C., Can Robert Mueller's Investigation Separate Fact From Fiction? 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Postal Inspection Service issued a summary of their investigations concluding that Ivins acted alone in mailing the anthrax letters. Virginia shooting: Members of Congress have been targets of attacks in the past 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z He also created vaccines for rabies and anthrax. How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z I’d heard about response protocols for things like anthrax attacks and “active shooter” situations. Perspective | Surprised that nooses are being left around D.C.? Be prepared to see more. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z For people especially at risk of contracting anthrax, like lab workers or people who work with animal hair, there’s a vaccine. AI can now detect anthrax which could help the fight against bioterrorism 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Terror groups — and those they inspire — have learned that they do not need anthrax or dirty bombs to disrupt and terrify the world’s great cities, our national security reporter writes. London, Qatar, Saudi Arabia: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Terrorists have learned, our national security correspondent writes, that they do not need anthrax or dirty bombs to disrupt capitals, terrify tourists, rivet the attention of governments and impress potential recruits. London, Qatar, Saudi Arabia: Your Morning Briefing 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases — a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that fights threats like anthrax and Ebola — would be cut by $65 million, or 11 percent. Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Trouble Bioterrorism Experts 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z It is developing a new anthrax vaccine and working on potential therapeutic treatments for the flu, dengue, Zika, Ebola and other diseases. Emergent BioSolutions opens expanded East Baltimore vaccine plant 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z World War One soldiers got anthrax infections from their shaving brushes. 10 things we didn't know last week - BBC News 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z In 2001, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson threatened to use the law to gain a lower price on the Bayer drug Cipro, an antibiotic that also is given to people exposed to anthrax. Louisiana proposes tapping a century-old patent law to cut hepatitis C drug prices 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “This electronic message was no different than a bomb sent in the mail or anthrax sent in an envelope,” Lieberman told The New York Times, where Eichenwald once worked as a reporter. “You deserve a seizure”: Anti-Semitic rants support man accused of Twitter assault 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z The Twitter message was no different from "a bomb sent in the mail or anthrax sent in an envelope," Steven Lieberman, a lawyer for Mr Eichenwald, told the New York Times. Man who 'sent flashing tweet to epileptic writer' arrested in Maryland - BBC News 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Emergent, founded in 1998 in Michigan as a small batch manufacturer of anthrax vaccines for the federal government, moved its headquarters to Maryland in 2005. Emergent BioSolutions opens expanded East Baltimore vaccine plant 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z After the anthrax attacks that year, the United States spent billions of dollars to develop and stockpile medical countermeasures and build warning systems. Opinion | When nature is a terrorist 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Fortunately for Mann, the FBI confirmed the powder was cornstarch rather than anthrax. Climate scientists face harassment, threats and fears of 'McCarthyist attacks' 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website lists seven agents — including anthrax, plague and bleeding fevers such as Ebola — as potential ingredients in a bioterrorist's cookbook. Bill Gates: Bioterrorism could kill more than nuclear war — but no one is ready to deal with it 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Monroe was named to the newly created position in 2015 in response to a months-long internal investigation into the mishandling of anthrax, bird flu and Ebola in CDC labs in 2014. U.S. shuts high-security labs over concerns about air hose safety 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Mark Graham also sent one containing talcum powder to a Coventry gym owner, claiming it was anthrax and leading to a partial evacuation of a retail park. Mark Graham sent hundreds of abusive letters to pop stars and MPs - BBC News 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z This spring, Kenya said they foiled a plan by the Islamic State to unleash anthrax in the east African nation. How Donald Trump Can Protect America from Bioterrorism 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for chemical and biological defense Chris Hassell told attendees that the facility will help the country avoid surprise attacks such as the anthrax mailings after Sept. 11, 2001. Chemical and biological defense plant opens in Florida 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “They help keep malaria, anthrax, and the bubonic plague in check by getting rid of rotting meat,” Rogers said. More turkey vultures hang around Missouri during winter 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Two letters purporting to carry anthrax were received by offices for Summit County’s prosecutor and court clerk in 2014. Ohio man gets 4 years for anthrax hoax framing fellow inmate 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Here they are, in order of appearance: plague, SARS, cholera, typhoid, smallpox, malaria, anthrax, ebola, influenza, HIV/AIDS. Care Goggles 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Almost unnoticed was the 15th anniversary of the U.S. anthrax attacks that occurred soon thereafter and left 5 dead, 17 infected and more than 10,000 at risk of exposure. A Threat to the Food System 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax and nerve gas and nuclear weapons for over a decade.” U.S. Fires Missiles at Yemen and the 'Axis of Evil' Persists 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Culls are traditionally held in November and December, but the number of animals to be killed this year is expected to be significantly increased, following outbreaks of anthrax in recent months. Nightmare before Christmas: Siberia plans to cull 250,000 reindeer amid anthrax fears 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the mailing of envelopes filled with anthrax, he became the chief adviser on public health preparedness to the secretary of Health and Human Services. D.A. Henderson, Doctor Who Helped End Smallpox Scourge, Dies at 87 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z The only significant acts of terrorism in the past 15 years involved lone actors or — apparently, in the case of the 2001 anthrax attack — a domestic terrorist. Fifteen years after 9/11, the jihadist threat looms larger than ever across the globe 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z The convergence of the 9/11 and anthrax attacks propelled the U.S. into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. For First Responders, 9/11 Struck Close to Home 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, he served under President George W. Bush as director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness, a new unit to combat bioterrorism. D.A. Henderson, ‘disease detective’ who eradicated smallpox, dies at 87 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z At least 66 people lost their lives, making it the deadliest human outbreak of inhalation anthrax ever. Top stories: New support for an ‘RNA world,’ reinventing the genetic code of life, and Soviet secrets hidden in anthrax DNA 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z A state hazardous materials team responded and conducted tests on the powder, which they determined wasn’t anthrax. Bogus anthrax scare prompts evacuation of Barre courthouse 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The study may also prove useful if bioterrorists ever get their hands on anthrax. Anthrax genome reveals secrets about a Soviet bioweapons accident 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The perpetrator mailed millions of deadly anthrax spores to U.S. For First Responders, 9/11 Struck Close to Home 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z It is about whether there was evidence of an anthrax attack by Saddam Hussein, and whether there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Reading Chilcot becomes Fringe attraction - BBC News 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Invisible, odorless and tasteless, anthrax creates flu-like symptoms making it difficult to diagnose. Russia Had a Fatal Anthrax Outbreak. Could It Happen in the U.S.? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Wednesday following the discovery of a suspicious envelope containing white powder believed to be anthrax. Bogus anthrax scare prompts evacuation of Barre courthouse 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z To fill in a few more pieces of the puzzle, anthrax scientist Paul Keim of Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, and colleagues attempted to sequence the B. anthracis genome from two samples taken from victims. Anthrax genome reveals secrets about a Soviet bioweapons accident 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z So, for the first time since 1941, there is an anthrax outbreak. Anthrax spreads from reindeer to humans in an outbreak at the ‘end of the world’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Eight people are confirmed as infected with anthrax, a rare but deadly bacterial disease. Russia anthrax outbreak affects dozens in north Siberia - BBC News 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Even if an outbreak were to occur, he says, “there are national stockpiles of the anthrax vaccine for the public in the case of any major incident involving anthrax in the U.S.” Russia Had a Fatal Anthrax Outbreak. Could It Happen in the U.S.? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Japanese generals also considered sending balloons armed with plague or anthrax to the U.S. mainland. The Zika Virus Mosquito Is So Dangerous the Military Considered Using It as a Weapon 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Still, the researchers managed to piece together the entire sequence and compare it with hundreds of other anthrax isolates. Anthrax genome reveals secrets about a Soviet bioweapons accident 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z For the Nenets, living alongside reindeer carries this risk, but anthrax bacteria normally can’t survive in the region’s climate. Anthrax spreads from reindeer to humans in an outbreak at the ‘end of the world’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Russian authorities evacuate nomads after anthrax outbreak: Russian authorities were evacuating nomadic reindeer herders and quarantining part of a Siberian region after an outbreak of anthrax killed more than 1,000 of their animals. World Digest: July 26, 2016 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z So on the face of it, an outbreak of anthrax sounds like something to be very worried about. Russia Had a Fatal Anthrax Outbreak. Could It Happen in the U.S.? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Because of this, the FDA recommends reserving these antibiotics for serious bacterial infections, such as anthrax, plague and bacterial pneumonia. FDA Bolsters Warnings About Class of Antibiotics 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z “It provides us with a molecular fingerprint,” says Roland Grunow, an expert on anthrax at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin who was not involved in the study. Anthrax genome reveals secrets about a Soviet bioweapons accident 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that anthrax bacteria are exceedingly rare in the United States, with few or no cases reported in the country in recent years. Anthrax spreads from reindeer to humans in an outbreak at the ‘end of the world’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The appearance of the bacterial disease in the Yamalo-Nenets region is the first fatal anthrax outbreak reported in Russia in 75 years. World Digest: July 26, 2016 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z But deaths from anthrax in the U.S. are vanishingly rare. Russia Had a Fatal Anthrax Outbreak. Could It Happen in the U.S.? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z After the anthrax letters, billions were spent to stockpile biomedical countermeasures. The wrong way to fight disease 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z The Biological Weapons Convention, which took effect in 1975, was supposed to end that, but in the Soviet Union, a massive clandestine program continued to produce anthrax spores and several other bioagents. Anthrax genome reveals secrets about a Soviet bioweapons accident 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s running mate stirred public concern after the 2001 anthrax letter attacks by asserting — without any scientific evidence — that the material had been “genetically modified” to make it more deadly. Donald Trump's running mate once peddled conspiracy theories about anthrax and Saddam Hussein 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z It claimed bubonic plague and anthrax were among the many pathogens lurking there. Boston subway study finds no plague or anthrax — but plenty of other lifeforms 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Current anthrax vaccines are based on a different component of anthrax toxins. Anthrax Vaccine Shows Promise in Monkey Trial 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The timing coincided with reports in May 2015 that a U.S. military base in Utah mistakenly shipped live anthrax samples to labs in other U.S. states and seven countries. First ever biosafety report details 199 mishaps with toxic agents 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York City, anthrax powder was mailed to several politicians and journalists on the U.S. Anthrax genome reveals secrets about a Soviet bioweapons accident 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z “The material found in my office and in others on Capitol Hill was finely milled weapons-grade anthrax that had been genetically modified to increase its virulence,” Pence wrote. Donald Trump's running mate once peddled conspiracy theories about anthrax and Saddam Hussein 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z No plague, no anthrax or anything like that. Boston subway study finds no plague or anthrax — but plenty of other lifeforms 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z All the monkeys that received the vaccine survived, while the non-vaccinated monkeys died from anthrax, according to the study published online June 27 in the journal Vaccine. Anthrax Vaccine Shows Promise in Monkey Trial 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Subsequent experiments revealed that the secretion was lethal to many pathogens—including strep pneumonia, anthrax, and tuberculosis. Miracle Microbes? 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z At least 66 people lost their lives, making it the deadliest human outbreak of inhalation anthrax ever. Anthrax genome reveals secrets about a Soviet bioweapons accident 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The first indication that the mailed anthrax was not genetically modified came in early October 2001, when Ivins’ colleagues at Ft. Donald Trump's running mate once peddled conspiracy theories about anthrax and Saddam Hussein 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z That was also the year when Flight 587 crashed in Queens with 260 people aboard, and the year when envelopes laced with anthrax became a new terror threat. Learning to Speak for the Dead 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The results suggest that anthrax capsule is a highly effective vaccine ingredient and should be considered for use in future anthrax vaccines, the researchers said. Anthrax Vaccine Shows Promise in Monkey Trial 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z In July 2014, it temporarily closed a series of facilities after a bird flu sample was cross-contaminated and scientists were exposed to anthrax. CDC labs repeatedly violated bioterror pathogen safety guidelines 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z “This was a shipment of virulent anthrax spores, labeled as inactivated spores, to hundreds of recipients,” he says. Military Labs Are Too Careless With Deadly Diseases: Report 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z C-SPAN footage shows that Pence introduced Dr. Greg Martin, a Navy infectious disease specialist, who said the mailed anthrax “has been very sensitive to all of the typical antibiotics that can be used.” Donald Trump's running mate once peddled conspiracy theories about anthrax and Saddam Hussein 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z But in 2001, mere weeks after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and elsewhere, members of Congress and the media received letters laced with powdered anthrax. The Looming Threat of Avian Flu 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Previous research showed that this component -- the anthrax capsule -- played a pivotal role in providing protection, the researchers said. Anthrax Vaccine Shows Promise in Monkey Trial 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z If left unobserved the animals can suffer from the effects of diseases like anthrax and Ebola before being euthanized. Prestigious Texas lab cited again for animal deaths 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Later that year, another CDC lab bungled the procedures that inactivate live anthrax, exposing workers in that lab and a second lab to the possibility of infection. Military Labs Are Too Careless With Deadly Diseases: Report 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Then-Secretary of State Colin Powell cited the anthrax attacks when he addressed the United Nations on Feb. 5, 2003, to seek international support for military action against Iraq. Donald Trump's running mate once peddled conspiracy theories about anthrax and Saddam Hussein 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z |
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