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Anthrax Outbreak In Kerala Forest: All You Need To Know
CDC said that anthrax is not contagious, which means a person can't catch it from another person like the cold or flu.
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Anthrax May Have Killed 100 Hippos, Seen Lying Flat On Their Backs
Over 100 hippos have died in Namibia in a remote national park in the past week, the country's environment minister said on Monday, warning that anthrax could be to blame.
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Anthrax Spreads In Vizag, Animal Products Likey Source
The city of Vishakhapatnam has been gripped by the deadly anthracis bacteria and the authorities have pulled up their socks to prevent it from spreading further
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ISIS Anthrax Attack Plot: Medical Intern, Associate Arrested In Kenya
Kenyan police say they have arrested a medical intern and an associate who are accused of being part of an Islamic State group extremist cell of medics attempting to launch an anthrax attack in the country.
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Pentagon Probe of Anthrax Samples Sent to Laboratories in US And Abroad Finds Faulty Protocols
An investigation into how Defense Department labs sent live anthrax spores to researchers in the United States and seven other countries did not find a single root cause but concluded that protocols to inactivate the bacteria were deficient, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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US Anthrax Samples Shipped to Japan in 2005: Pentagon
The US military shipped live anthrax to an American base in Japan a decade ago, bringing to five the number of countries that were inadvertently sent the lethal bacteria, officials said Friday.
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US Laboratory Suspect Anthrax May Have Been Taken Into Pentagon: Report
The US Defense Department is investigating to determine if live anthrax was brought into the Pentagon after an Army laboratory in Utah mistakenly shipped out live batches of the potentially lethal bacteria, CNN reported on Tuesday.
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US Military Uncovers More Anthrax Blunders
The US military said Tuesday a live sample of anthrax was inadvertently sent to a lab in Canada, after officials uncovered yet another batch of the lethal bacteria at an army facility.
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US Military Laboratory Shipped Live Anthrax Samples to Canada: Reports
Live anthrax samples were shipped to three laboratories in Canada by a US military lab, USA Today reported on Monday, following disclosures last week that samples of the bacteria were mistakenly sent to 11 US states and two other countries.
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Live Anthrax Found in US Military Shipment to Australia: Official
An investigation of a US military facility's mistaken shipments of live anthrax bacteria has turned up another live sample, this one from a 2008 batch sent to Australia, a US defense official said on Friday.
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18 Laboratories May Have Received Live Anthrax Samples: US Officials
A total of 18 laboratories may have accidentally received live samples of anthrax shipped out by the American military, US authorities said Thursday.
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US Military Mistakenly Ships Live Anthrax to Laboratories in 9 States
The US military mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria to laboratories in nine US states and a US air base in South Korea, after apparently failing to properly inactivate the bacteria last year, US officials said on Wednesday.
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New anthrax vaccine from India
A new, experimental human anthrax vaccine developed in India is ready and waiting for clinical trials, according to Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar, chairman of the Centre for Biotechnology (CBT) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. The CBT team genetically engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria to produce harmless, mutant forms of the t...
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Possibility of biological warfare after US attacks
There is a real threat of increased biological and chemical warfare after the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11, warns the World Health Organisation (WHO). In a recent address to public health officials, the head of the WHO warned governments to prepare for the eventuality of biological warfare in case the terrorist atta...
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Anthrax Outbreak In Kerala Forest: All You Need To Know
CDC said that anthrax is not contagious, which means a person can't catch it from another person like the cold or flu.
-
Anthrax May Have Killed 100 Hippos, Seen Lying Flat On Their Backs
Over 100 hippos have died in Namibia in a remote national park in the past week, the country's environment minister said on Monday, warning that anthrax could be to blame.
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Anthrax Spreads In Vizag, Animal Products Likey Source
The city of Vishakhapatnam has been gripped by the deadly anthracis bacteria and the authorities have pulled up their socks to prevent it from spreading further
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ISIS Anthrax Attack Plot: Medical Intern, Associate Arrested In Kenya
Kenyan police say they have arrested a medical intern and an associate who are accused of being part of an Islamic State group extremist cell of medics attempting to launch an anthrax attack in the country.
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Pentagon Probe of Anthrax Samples Sent to Laboratories in US And Abroad Finds Faulty Protocols
An investigation into how Defense Department labs sent live anthrax spores to researchers in the United States and seven other countries did not find a single root cause but concluded that protocols to inactivate the bacteria were deficient, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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US Anthrax Samples Shipped to Japan in 2005: Pentagon
The US military shipped live anthrax to an American base in Japan a decade ago, bringing to five the number of countries that were inadvertently sent the lethal bacteria, officials said Friday.
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US Laboratory Suspect Anthrax May Have Been Taken Into Pentagon: Report
The US Defense Department is investigating to determine if live anthrax was brought into the Pentagon after an Army laboratory in Utah mistakenly shipped out live batches of the potentially lethal bacteria, CNN reported on Tuesday.
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US Military Uncovers More Anthrax Blunders
The US military said Tuesday a live sample of anthrax was inadvertently sent to a lab in Canada, after officials uncovered yet another batch of the lethal bacteria at an army facility.
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US Military Laboratory Shipped Live Anthrax Samples to Canada: Reports
Live anthrax samples were shipped to three laboratories in Canada by a US military lab, USA Today reported on Monday, following disclosures last week that samples of the bacteria were mistakenly sent to 11 US states and two other countries.
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Live Anthrax Found in US Military Shipment to Australia: Official
An investigation of a US military facility's mistaken shipments of live anthrax bacteria has turned up another live sample, this one from a 2008 batch sent to Australia, a US defense official said on Friday.
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18 Laboratories May Have Received Live Anthrax Samples: US Officials
A total of 18 laboratories may have accidentally received live samples of anthrax shipped out by the American military, US authorities said Thursday.
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US Military Mistakenly Ships Live Anthrax to Laboratories in 9 States
The US military mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria to laboratories in nine US states and a US air base in South Korea, after apparently failing to properly inactivate the bacteria last year, US officials said on Wednesday.
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New anthrax vaccine from India
A new, experimental human anthrax vaccine developed in India is ready and waiting for clinical trials, according to Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar, chairman of the Centre for Biotechnology (CBT) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. The CBT team genetically engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria to produce harmless, mutant forms of the t...
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Possibility of biological warfare after US attacks
There is a real threat of increased biological and chemical warfare after the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11, warns the World Health Organisation (WHO). In a recent address to public health officials, the head of the WHO warned governments to prepare for the eventuality of biological warfare in case the terrorist atta...
