Word: anthrax
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...Hoping to ward off criticism of the government?s response to the infections, acting New Jersey Governor Donald DiFrancesco ordered anthrax testing at 44 mail facilities in seven counties, even though some of the mail centers have already been tested...
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...latest cases challenge the perception of anthrax as a workplace-only threat. Tuesday afternoon the NIH issued a chilling announcement: According to a senior official, the agency is now "intensively investigating" the possibility that private homes are being targeted for anthrax contamination via the U.S. mail. This scenario, of course, would place new strain on the postal service, already stressed to the point of collapse...
...Postal workers? anxiety Tensions in the nation?s post offices and mail sorting facilities remain high. Two more Washington, D.C.-area postal facilities tested positive for anthrax: A Friendship Heights post office and a retail store in Dulles. Employees at both locations are urged to begin antibiotic treatment as soon as possible...
...Sunday, a New Jersey postal employee who works at the Hamilton mail facility was hospitalized with inhalation anthrax; the tainted letters sent to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle both passed through the Hamilton center, and authorities are trying to recreate the path and timeline of the letters' travels...