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...suspicious of an envelope or package, the CDC recommends that you put it down immediately, cover it, walk out of the room, shut the door, wash your hands with soap and water and call the police...
...every blister pack of antibiotics has its downside, and now doctors are bracing for a second wave of bad news--reports of Cipro side effects and whole new breeds of tough, Cipro-resistant germs. That is why the CDC recommended late last week that all those needing antibiotics against anthrax--for treatment and prevention--be given doxycycline, not Cipro. Doxycycline is a powerful antibiotic that tends to have fewer side effects and costs much less than brand-name Cipro...
...Cipro side effects surfaced first in Florida, where staff members at American Media have started to experience stomach pain and foggy heads. Two were hospitalized--one for a severe allergic reaction, the other for a seizure--and many had to switch quickly to other antibiotics. Even members of the CDC working on the anthrax samples have developed Cipro skin rashes...
...have long warned, will permit resistant strains to flourish. One of the scariest examples is the appearance in 1997 of a particularly potent strain of staph bacteria resistant to vancomycin, which used to be the last line of defense. It was partly to avert such a catastrophe that the CDC made its decision last week recommending the switch to doxycycline, which is seen as equally effective. "It would certainly be healthier to have a better balance of antibiotics in use in the population now," says CDC director Dr. Jeffrey Koplan. Healthier and, in the long run, smarter...
...Gilmore stepped to the microphone and told workers they could get free treatment in his township. Some 1,500 postal workers have since gone to Robert Wood Johnson for their Cipro. When the initial supply ran out on Tuesday, Senator Robert Torricelli helped speed a new shipment from the CDC. Gilmore and postal officials insisted late last week that the operation had been a team effort. Still, it was the mayor who received a standing ovation from postal workers last Thursday. And he continues to play an aggressive role on their behalf. When doctors discovered last week that two Hamilton...