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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 …

October 31, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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Testing the Anthrax Vaccine in Children

(Science Blogs) In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, our government intelligence agencies invented a biological weapons threat, imagining Iraqi stockpiles of smallpox virus and anthrax spores; stockpiles that were never found. Trust dissipated. …

October 31, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Anthrax labs are secure, Battelle says

(Columbus Dispatch) Anthrax and other deadly biological agents at Battelle's West Jefferson labs are examined under strict security procedures that are intended to keep scientists and the public safe, officials with the research giant said today. …

October 28, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and Research
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How to Test the Anthrax Vaccine in Children

(ABC News) ANTHONY ROBBINS Later this week, a Federal advisory committee, the Health and Human Service Department's National Biodefense Science Board will recommend whether and how the anthrax vaccine should be tested in children. Why is the board, …

October 28, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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The Anthrax Investigation: The View From the FBI

(New York Times) First, the National Academy of Sciences report concluded that the anthrax in the mailings was consistent with the anthrax produced in Dr. Bruce Ivins's suite. The report stated, at the same time, that it was not possible to reach a definitive …