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...resident of the small town of Oxford, in southwestern Connecticut, Lundgren was virtually housebound, a fact that has authorities extremely puzzled as to how she might have come in contact with the bacteria. Lundgren's local post office has tested negative for the spores, and relatives report the elderly woman rarely left her home except occasionally when her niece would drive her to church...
...Monday, after a month hiatus, Washington, D.C. postal workers began delivering mail to government offices. By Tuesday evening, two Senate office buildings were closed again after trace amounts of anthrax were found in the offices of Democratic Senators Christopher Dodd and Edward Kennedy. Officials say the bacteria presents no health threat. Investigators believe the bacteria came from a tainted letter addressed to Senator Patrick Leahy, also a Democrat. The Leahy letter, still unopened, has tested positive for lethal amounts of anthrax, and appears to be identical to the tainted letter delivered to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. It was uncovered...
...free of anthrax, according to city health officials. The tests were ordered after 61-year-old Kathy Nguyen died from inhaled anthrax. The Bronx resident?s death has stumped law enforcement officers and epidemiologists alike; investigators have been trying, without much luck, to trace the path of the deadly bacteria...
Here's how the Slugbot works: a lawn mower-size machine with a long arm shines red light on the ground to identify a shiny, sluglike object, then analyzes its shape. When it finds a slug, it picks it up and drops it in a hopper. Bacteria inside the robot eat the slimy critters--a process that releases electrons that can be captured and, in theory, keep the bot's batteries perpetually charged...
People who are alarmed about anthrax should not start to take antibiotics needlessly. Only a qualified doctor should make the decision to prescribe such medication. Bacteria could become resistant, which would make them much more dangerous and harder to eradicate. Developing a new antibiotic takes years and hundreds of millions of dollars. We do not want these efforts to be wasted. LINE MERRETTE Longueuil...