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Dec 21, 2001

Dec 21, 2001

FDA completes inspection of anthrax vaccine plant; company expects approval

Dec 21, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed a new inspection of BioPort Corp., the only US manufacturer of the anthrax vaccine, and a company official is predicting approval of the facility after a few remaining concerns are ironed out.

Dec 21, 2001

Congress approves $2.5 billion for bioterrorism preparedness

Dec 21, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – In a flurry of pre-adjournment activity yesterday, Congress appropriated about $2.5 billion for bioterrorism preparedness, including $1 billion for state and local efforts, according to an aide to Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

Dec 21, 2001

FDA completes inspection of anthrax vaccine plant; company expects approval

Dec 21, 2001

Dec 4, 2003 (CIDRAP News) – Thousands of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers will help the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspect imported food under an agreement signed yesterday, according to the FDA.

Dec 20, 2001

Dec 20, 2001

USDA will continue to use Salmonella tests to assess meat plant safety

Dec 20, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will continue to test meat for Salmonella to confirm that meat processors' food safety systems are adequate, despite a court ruling that Salmonella tests can't be used to shut down a plant, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced this week.

Dec 19, 2001

Dec 19, 2001

Anthrax vaccine to be offered to postal and Capitol workers

Robert Roos
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Dec 19, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – Because of a small theoretical risk that anthrax spores can hide in the lungs for up to 100 days and grow after antibiotic treatment is stopped, the anthrax vaccine and an extension of antibiotic treatment will be offered to people who may have been exposed in the recent anthrax attacks, federal health officials announced yesterday afternoon.

Dec 17, 2001

Dec 17, 2001

Early in a smallpox outbreak, each patient could infect 10 to 12 more

Dec 17, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – If bioterrorists released smallpox virus today, each person who contracted the disease could infect as many as 10 to 12 more before health authorities would recognize the disease and act to contain it, according to experts writing in the Dec 13 issue of Nature.

Dec 13, 2001

Dec 13, 2001

House passes $2.9 billion authorization for bioterrorism preparedness

Dec 13, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – The US House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill authorizing about $2.9 billion in spending on preparedness for bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.

Dec 13, 2001

Appeals court invalidates USDA's Salmonella standard for meat

Robert Roos
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Dec 13, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – A federal appeals court has ruled that the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Salmonella performance standard for meat packers is illegal, depriving USDA of authority to shut down packing plants for producing meat with Salmonella levels exceeding the standard.

Dec 13, 2001

Dec 13, 2001

Finding an antitoxin is among priorities for anthrax research

Dec 13, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) priorities for research on anthrax include development of an antitoxin, aerosolization of anthrax powders sent by mail, and postexposure prophylaxis, CDC officials said this week.

Dec 10, 2001

Dec 10, 2001

HHS announces new bioterrorism research initiatives

Dec 10, 2001

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced seven new research grant programs to speed efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases related to bioterrorism.

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