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Goats, sheep get second dose of FMD vaccine

(Mmegi Online) Small stock in some parts of the country will receive a second dose of Purified Vaccine to be protected against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), the department of veterinary services has revealed. FMD public relations officer, Geoffrey Pheko told Mmegi …

New state lab to test for bioterrorism agents

(The Republic) NEW ORLEANS — For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, south Louisiana will soon have a state laboratory that can test for anthrax, ricin and other bioterrorism threats. Stephen Martin, director of Louisiana's public health …

VIDEO Preview, “The Anthrax Files”

FRONTLINE takes a hard look at the FBI's investigation of the country's most notorious act of bioterrorism. In the fall of 2001 envelopes carrying deadly …

Terror and Bioterror: 9/11 to 10/4 (Part 3)

(Wired News) 11 and Oct. 4, 2001, the United States was paralyzed by fear: First of terrorism, from the World Trade Center attacks, and then of bioterrorism, because so many government planners believed a biowarfare attack would follow a conventional one. …

Anthrax continues to haunt farms, livestock in southern Italy

(Washington Post) Anthrax, a deadly animal disease used in biological warfare, is spreading in southern Italy, killing livestock on farms as far as 50 kilometers (31 miles) from where three outbreaks were reported a week ago. The illness killed cattle, …

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