Anthrax found in 2nd Midwest mail office
Traces of anthrax spread to a second postal-related facility in the Midwest on Thursday, this time at a Kansas City building where stamps are canceled for collectors. Two swab samples...
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4th death adds clue in mystery
As investigators struggled to understand the death from anthrax of a New York woman who had no known contact with a bacteria-tainted letter, scientists said Wednesday the case could shed...
2 new anthrax cases baffling
The confirmation of two surprising new anthrax cases in people who are not postal workers and did not work in institutions previously targeted with anthrax-tainted letters dismayed public health officials,...
Spores surface at more federal buildings
Health investigators found more traces of anthrax in government mailrooms Monday, including at the Supreme Court, the Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services, as they...
Tests show purer form of anthrax
The anthrax in the letter sent through the Washington mail system and ultimately delivered to Capitol Hill was specifically engineered to be pure, lethal and easily inhaled, the Bush administration...
Thousands go for tests after 2 die
Hundreds of postal workers went to a local hospital Tuesday for a precautionary supply of antibiotics after city officials confirmed that two Postal Service colleagues had died of anthrax. Since...
For N.J. town, anthrax probe hits close to home
This suburban town, like many others within reach of New York City, was hit hard by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, losing two people with close ties to the community....
Anthrax is likely killer of 2 D.C. postal workers
Health officials said Monday that they suspect anthrax killed two Washington postal workers, bringing the apparent death toll from the outbreak to three. Two employees from the same mail center...
Anthrax diagnosed in letter carrier
Despite preliminary tests that were negative, one postal worker here was definitively diagnosed Thursday with the skin form of anthrax, and authorities believe a second worker also has contracted the...
4 terrorist plots foiled, official says
U.S. authorities have disrupted at least four attempted terrorist attacks against U.S. facilities overseas in the five weeks since Sept. 11, a government official confirmed Monday. European police have arrested...