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Permanent link to archive for 10/28/04. Thursday, October 28, 2004

Anthrax - U.S. Barred From Forcing Troops to Get Anthrax Shots

Washington Post - The Defense Department must immediately stop inoculating troops with anthrax vaccine, a federal judge ruled yesterday, saying that the Food and Drug Administration acted improperly when it approved the experimental injections for general use.

Posted on 10/28/04; 4:49:01 AM
Smallpox - Smallpox: A Disease of the Past or a Weapon of Tomorrow?

PR Newswire - Smallpox now represents a bigger threat than ever, according to a 2002 US Intelligence Review indicating potential interest of Al Qaeda in the virus. This fear has been endorsed by reports from Russian defectors concerning illegal production of virulent strains of the virus after all strains were supposedly destroyed.

Posted on 10/28/04; 4:45:47 AM
Yersina Pestis - Plague in China's Northwest Kills Eight

Associated Press - Eight Chinese villagers have died of plague in the country's northwest, most of them infected after killing or eating wild marmots

Posted on 10/28/04; 4:42:25 AM

 
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