GAO: U.S. Underestimated Risks of Anthrax
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Public health officials underestimated the health risks when letters containing anthrax spores were handled in five U.S. Postal Service facilities in 2001, delaying medical help to employees, a report released Thursday concluded.
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Public health researchers have developed a model for recommending a range of responses in the event of an anthrax bioterrorist attack.
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The Defense Department must stop inoculating troops with anthrax vaccine, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying that the Food and Drug Administration acted improperly when it approved the injections for general use.
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The U.S. Congress on Saturday passed a bill to improve U.S. preparedness for bioterrorism or other health crises, in part by accelerating development of new vaccines and drugs.
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CHICAGO A new report is raising concerns about just how safe we&#39;d be if we&#39;re hit by a biological or chemical attack. The new findings are stunning and indicate that Chicago and other major cities would struggle to cope.
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Human Genome Sciences said yesterday that ABthrax, its experimental treatment for anthrax infection, dramatically increased survival in animals exposed to lethal doses of anthrax spores.
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The government plans to develop an experimental treatment for anthrax from the blood of people vaccinated against it. Such a medicine has never been tested on people, but scientists think it has a good chance of working based on animal tests. Federal ...
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WASHINGTON - Members of the military and their families say the Bush administration underestimated the number of troops needed in Iraq and put too much pressure on inadequately trained National Guard and reserve forces, according to a poll released Saturday.    The National Annenberg Election Survey found that 62 percent in the military sample said the administration didn't send an adequate number of troops to Iraq...
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The nation&#39;s public health system remains woefully unprepared to respond to a crisis, despite repeated government warnings about the possibility of bioterrorism or another health
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The study found about 70 percent of anthrax cases could be prevented if antibiotics were distributed within 6 days after exposure and patients were to take them for 60 days.
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VaxGen (VXGN:OTC - news - research) said Thursday that it had received a US government contract to supply 75 million doses of anthrax vaccine for civilians.
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David Hose is a bioterrorism casualty. Little wonder, then, that his confidence in U.S. readiness for another such attack is about as low as his energy and as weak as his still-battered immune system, lingering after-effects of the anthrax he accidentally inhaled handling a letter addressed to Sen. Pat Leahy three years ago.
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U.S. preparations against a possible outbreak of the deadly form of the H5N1 avian flu virus are solid, but other countries may not be as ready, a U.S. health safety official warned on Thursday.
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Giving a new-generation anthrax vaccine along with antibiotics in response to a terrorist attack wouldn&#39;t prevent much disease, but it could help by letting people take the medicines for a briefer time, a study suggests.
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Nov 4, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Federal health officials today announced the award of an $877 million contract for 75 million doses of a new anthrax vaccine to protect the public and improve on the existing vaccine used by the military.
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A dangerous germ that has been spreading around the country causes more life-threatening infections than public health authorities had thought and is killing more people in the United States each year than the AIDS virus, federal health officials reported yesterday.
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Scientists working for the government have developed standards to measure the accuracy of anthrax detection tests, hoping to steer first responders away from tests that have delivered too many false readings.