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Anthrax outbreak triggered by climate change sickens dozens in Arctic Circle
2016-08-01 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A 12-year-old boy in the far north of Russia has died in an outbreak of anthrax that experts believe was triggered when unusually warm weather caused the release of the bacteria. The boy was one of 72 nomadic herders, including 41 children, hospitalised in the town of Salekhard in the Arctic Circle, after reindeer began dying en masse from anthrax. Five adults and two other children have been diagnosed with the disease, which is known as Siberian plague in Russian and was last seen in the...
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Pentagon: Anthrax shipments broader than first thought
2015-05-31 04:13:54| Telecom - Topix.net
The specialized airtight ... . FILE - This Jan. 27, 2010, file photo, shows the main gate at Dugway Proving Ground military base, about 85 miles southwest Salt Lake City, Utah.
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CDC investigating error that caused live anthrax shipments
2015-05-29 03:52:10| Biotech - Topix.net
In this May 11, 2003, file photo, Microbiologist Ruth Bryan works with BG nerve agent simulant in Class III Glove Box in the Life Sciences Test Facility at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The specialized airtight enclosure is also used for hands-on work with anthrax and other deadly agents.
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Pentagon: Military mistakenly shipped live anthrax samples
2015-05-27 22:44:03| Biotech - Topix.net
The Pentagon says it inadvertently shipped live anthrax spores to as many as nine laboratories and is investigating how that happened. Spokesman Col.
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Head of troubled CDC anthrax lab has resigned
2014-07-23 20:10:54| Biotech - Topix.net
The head of the government lab which potentially exposed workers to live anthrax has resigned, an agency spokesman said Wednesday.
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