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Factors governing infectiousness of anthrax still mysterious, experts say

(CIDRAP News) – A lengthy report by an expert panel on anthrax generally echoes treatment and prevention recommendations made by federal health officials last fall while highlighting how little is known about the epidemiology of the disease, especially how many spores it takes to cause infection.

Robert Roos
 

Additional anthrax spores found at USAMRIID didn't escape lab

Nonpathogenic anthrax spores that were found in environmental sampling at USAMRIID last weekend were in a contained laboratory, not a noncontained area as indicated previously, an Army spokesman said.
 

Anthrax escapes lab room at USAMRIID; one worker exposed

Rundown on an incident that has led to enhanced environmental and occupational health procedures at the facility.
Robert Roos
 

FDA says pufferfish caught off Florida may contain neurotoxin

The FDA has warned against eating pufferfish caught near Titusville, Fla., in the wake of 10 cases of neurologic illness that have been linked with the fish since January.
Robert Roos
 

State public health emergency bills getting favorable reception

With only 6 months elapsed since the anthrax outbreak of 2001, at least six states have passed legislation expanding their power to cope with public health emergencies, including the power to require people to be vaccinated, treated, or quarantined.
Robert Roos
 

Emergency responders see need for better safety gear and training

Many emergency response workers feel they don't have adequate safety equipment and training for situations like the Sep 11 attacks and the subsequent anthrax attacks, according to a new federal report.
 

Lack of gloves, poor cleaning led to cutaneous anthrax in lab worker

MMWR report says worker had not been vaccinated against anthrax and the vials were cleaned with isopropyl alcohol rather than bleach.
Robert Roos
 

Anthrax vaccine appears to have no effect on pregnancy rate or outcome

Anthrax vaccination in more than 3,000 Army women had no effect on pregnancy or birth rates and no discernible effect on adverse birth outcomes, according to a study published in this week's JAMA.
 

President Bush moves to fill NIH and surgeon general positions

President Bush yesterday nominated an administrator from Johns Hopkins University to head the National Institutes of Health and an Arizona trauma surgeon and public health expert to be surgeon general.
Robert Roos
 

In simulated smallpox attack, vaccine shortage crippled national response

(CIDRAP News) – It is 13 days since the emergence of a hypothetical smallpox epidemic caused by the release of virus in three US shopping malls. Some 16,000 cases have been reported, 1,000 people have died, and the nation is running out of vaccine. Hospitals are overflowing, and federal and state officials are at odds over how to contain the epidemic.

 

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