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Deal reached in US 2001 anthrax death suit

(Reuters) The widow of a Florida tabloid photo editor who was the first of five people to die in 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States has reached a settlement with the US government in her wrongful death damages lawsuit against it, …

Auditors See Shortcomings in U.S. Biodefense Drug Planning

(GSN Daily News) The U.S. Health and Human Services has failed to produce anticipated revisions to a 4-year-old plan on the preparation of medical products for responding to a biological strike by extremists, congressional auditors said in an assessment published last week (see GSN, Oct. 26). The Government Accountability Office said the department had yet  Read More »

Federal advisers endorse testing anthrax vaccine in children

(Washington Post) The National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB), which advises the federal government on issues related to bioterrorism, voted 12-1 to recommend that the Health and Human Services Department move forward with a study aimed at determining whether the …

This Sunday: Excuse Me While I Get Fitted for a Hazmat Suit

(New York Times blog) But I urge you to at least read the first section of Wil Hylton’s story about the state of bioterrorism preparedness — it’s only 400 words — and I’ll be surprised if you don’t feel compelled to keep going. Yes, you’ll be a little freaked. …

The FBI Responds To Our Anthrax Stories

(ProPublica) The letter from FBI Assistant Director for Public Affairs Michael P. Kortan followed editorials in the Times and The Washington Post that called for new, independent investigations into the anthrax case, which the FBI officially closed 18 months after …

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