As terrifying as last fall’s anthrax attacks were, they offered an odd sort of reassurance to the nation’s health community. Improving the public-health system had become a matter of national …
Tensions Between CDC, White House
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has been weakened and demoralized by tensions with Bush administration officials in Washington, according to a number of current and …
US to keep anthrax vaccine for civilians
The United States has announced plans to stockpile about 50% of supplies of the anthrax vaccine for civilian use in an emergency. Announcing the move, assistant secretary of defence for health affairs …
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Rebels Push Colombia Toward Anarchy
News of his impending execution came to Mayor Nestor Leon Ramirez on a white sheet of paper. A guerrilla commander handed the note to a farmer, who delivered it to Ramirez. It read: "For the good of …
Panel Rejects Immunizing All Against a Smallpox Outbreak
A panel of specialists advising the federal government on smallpox vaccinations unanimously rejected a proposal today to offer vaccines to every American. Instead, the panel recommended immunizing …
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Panel: Use “ring” to fight smallpox attack
A federal health advisory panel Thursday recommended smallpox vaccination for federal, state and local bioterrorism response teams in preparation for a potential terrorist attack using the deadly …
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Soviet 1971 Smallpox Outbreak Worries Experts
Experts said on Saturday they were worried by a leaked report that describes an outbreak of smallpox in the Soviet Union more than 30 years ago -- one they say may point to the testing of a smallpox …
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Bomb rips bus, kills four in Indonesia
A bomb that ripped apart a crowded passenger bus in central Indonesia killed four people and injured 17 others, police and health officials said Thursday. Full Story …
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Hackers V. Colleges: Security Bolstered for University Computer Systems
Colleges and universities battle hackers and viruses every day as a matter of course, not unlike the way hospitals try to eradicate health-threatening germs and killer viruses to save lives. Neither …
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Sinn Fein leaders bank on US funds
In pockets of poverty where Ireland`s boom barely echoes, Sinn Fein political posters are still plastered everywhere, promising economic equality, a united Ireland, better health care, and a hard line …