Health

The Anthrax Threat: Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Director of the CDC

Jim Lehrer talks with Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Background: The Anthrax Threat

A report on the official reaction to the threat of anthrax in the nation's mail system.

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D.C. Postal Worker Deaths Linked to Anthrax

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams today announced that two U.S. Postal Service employees died yesterday from anthrax. The disclosure comes as two additional postal employees remain hospitalized with the pulmonary disease.

Latest Anthrax Developments

Kwame Holman reports on developments in the anthrax story and the Congressional debate on the anti-terrorism bill.

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The Anthrax Threat

U.S. Postal Service representatives and a health expert discuss the developments in the postal service anthrax cases threatening workers in Washington D.C. and New Jersey.

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Two D.C. Postal Workers "Likely" Died From Anthrax

Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said the deaths of two Washington D.C. postal workers today were "likely due to anthrax." Two other postal employees remain hospitalized, battling the potentially deadly inhaled form of the disease.

D.C. Postal Worker Contracts Inhalation Anthrax

A postal worker in Washington, D.C. is "gravely ill" with the inhaled form of anthrax, leading government officials to test as many as 2,300 postal employees, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams said today.

CBS, Postal Employees Test Positive for Anthrax

Officials today reported two more cases of cutaneous anthrax, one is an assistant to CBS anchor Dan Rather and the other a New Jersey postal employee.

House to Shut Down After Senate Staffers Exposed to Anthrax

Speaker Dennis Hastert said the House of Representatives will shut down at the end of business today after 31 people on Capitol Hill tested positive for anthrax exposure.