Anthrax Found at Federal Reserve Mail Site in Initial Screening
Update: About 20 pieces of mail sent to the Federal Reserve tested positive for anthrax in preliminary tests. The items have been sent away for further testing, as those initial tests often prove inaccurate.

"The affected mail was routine commercial and business mail and did not have any of the characteristics identified by the FBI as suspicious,'' the Federal Reserve said in a statement. (5/9/02)

Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge talks about the ongoing investigation into the anthrax mystery. (5/9/02)

New Case of Cutaneous Anthrax Confirmed in Texas
Update: A Texas laboratory worker who had been testing specimens collected during last year's anthrax outbreak has come down with the less serious cutaneous, or skin, form of anthrax.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the unidentified worker went to his doctor on March 4 after noticing an unusual lesion on his neck, and is being treated with antibiotics. The lab worker, who is the first person to be diagnosed with anthrax this year, is expected to make a full recovery. (3/13/02)

Hart Senate Office Building Reopens
The Hart Senate office building reopened Tuesday, following a three-month, $14 million effort to rid the building of spores from a letter laced with highly- concentrated powdered anthrax.

The letter, opened in the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) on Oct. 15, forced half of the Senate's employees into makeshift offices and sparked a complex cleanup involving fumigation with potent chlorine dioxide gas.

The Hart building was due to open last week, but at the last minute a bag containing protective clothing from the cleanup was found behind some ceiling tiles, delaying the reopening. (1/22/02)

Scientists Labor Over Faster and More Accurate Anthrax Detectors
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW reports on efforts to develop more effective devices for detecting anthrax. (1/04/02)

The Anthrax Vaccine Question:
To Accept or Not to Accept
Susan Dentzer explores the tough choices presented to workers exposed to anthrax and report on the paths they have chosen to take. (1/03/02)
RealVideo: A CDC presentation of treatment options for postal and other workers exposed to anthrax. (12/27/01)

Thousands of Postal, Capitol Hill Workers Offered Anthrax Vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leading infectious disease expert in the federal government, discusses the plan to offer thousands of postal and Capitol Hill workers additional antibiotics and doses of the anthrax vaccine.
Update: Health officials announced the plan two months after letters contaminated with anthrax were discovered, causing five deaths and multiple infections. Most people who were exposed to the bacteria were given 60 days of antibiotics and are finishing that supply this week. (12/18/01)
Text: Statement from Department of Health and Human Services. (12/18/01)

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