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Discovery Leads to Way to Curb Anthrax Effect

Researchers have found a mechanism that anthrax bacteria use to elude the body’s defenses, which c...ead to a drug or therapy// to lessen the effect of anthrax bacterial species Bacillus anthracis if used in a bioterrorism attack. For the last four years, Dr...

For an Anthrax Free Smailholm, Decontamination Operation Begins

Remanence of anthrax spores in Smailholm and the border areas has raise...er. The finding revealed that there were traces of anthrax evident in certain areas in Northumberland and the Borders, including Smailholm Village Hall. Usin...

Light Could Detect Bacteria Faster

... deliberate release of bacteria, for example in an anthrax attack. Source-IANS...

Physicists Unite To Develop Anthrax Detection Method

...n terrorism – a laser technique to identify deadly anthrax spores. //Their results are published in the prest...ow. “Our report shows how to use lasers to detect anthrax in real time as opposed to the cumbersome and wieldy way it is done now,” says Marlan Scully, Distin...

Shortage of Veterinarians Worry Public Health Experts in US

...avian flu could get others sick. ? Diseases like anthrax are hard to detect and spread quickly, so a farmer likely wouldn't notice an illness until many animals were sick, potentially wiping out a whole herd. ? Foot and mouth disease could enter the United States through imported animals or meat. Because...

Activists Urge Greater Medical Support for Gulf War Veterans Exposed to Sarin Gas

...ing controversial programs today. For example, the anthrax vaccine is mandatory for military personnel and civilians deploying to "high-threat" areas across the globe, including Iraq and Afghanistan, despite being linked to serious illnesses and even death among US service members. Quite conveniently, the qu...

New Strains of TB Can Be Used as a Powerful Bioterror Weapon

...reathing. For example, an effective infection with anthrax requires between 8,000-10,000 particles. TB infection only requires an inoculum of 2-3 particles,' explains Dr. Kanti. Dr. Kanti isn't the only one sounding the alarm. An Interpol official warned of a bioterror threat, based on evidence from captur...

Orissa Under Anthrax Threat

...arly. However, many people do not know they have anthrax until it is too late to cure it. A vaccine to prevent anthrax is available for military personnel and those at high risk....

Anthrax Claims Two Lives in Orissa

Two people have died of anthrax in Orissa's tribal dominated Koraput district, whi...headquarters hospital confirmed the deaths and the anthrax infection. "The two were brought dead. Those who have contracted the infection are undergoing tre...

Study on Bioactive Paper That can Detect Life Threatening Bacteria and Viruses

...a stemmed in the wake of the SARS outbreak and the anthrax scare in the US. "What bioactive paper will offer are immediacy, portability and low-cost in detecting and repelling or deactivating harmful pathogens. Right now, it can take days or weeks to get samples to a lab, diagnose the problem and get the r...

Toddler Infected With Rare Side Effect Of Smallpox Vaccination Recovering

...cks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the subsequent cases of anthrax sent through the mail, the government began vaccinating military personnel and many health care workers, with 1.2 million vaccinated as of March of this year.Since then, a handful of vaccinia cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Contro...

Eleven People Hospitalized in South Africa After Anthrax Scare

...nto contact with an envelope suspected to contain anthrax powder, police said. Inspector Juanita Kilian said police had received a complaint from the post office in the district of Alberton, south of Johannesburg, about a "suspicious" envelope, she told public radio. "The envelope was filled with powder...

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