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Exclusive: CDC reassigns director of lab behind anthrax blunder

2014-06-23 10:49:47| Biotech - Topix.net

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reassigned the director of the bioterror lab behind the potential anthrax exposure of dozens of scientists and staff, sources told Reuters, as the anthrax controversy intensified.

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Multiple protocol breaches behind anthrax exposure at U.S. federal labs

2014-06-22 02:22:17| Biotech - Topix.net

The safety breach at a government lab that may have exposed 84 workers to live anthrax centred on a pivotal lapse in procedure: researchers working with the bacteria waited 24 hours to be sure they had killed the pathogens, half the time required by a new scientific protocol.

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Anthrax Scare Is Latest CDC Lab Security Lapse

2014-06-21 05:29:09| Biotech - Topix.net

An anthrax scare is the latest in a string of safety and security lapses at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal agency charged with preventing the spread of infectious diseases.

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Scientists Exposed to Anthrax as U.S. Lab Procedures Break Down

2014-06-20 08:35:57| Biotech - Topix.net

About 75 scientists may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria in government labs after the material was mishandled while being used in experiments, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

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Anthrax exposure possible at CDC labs in Atlanta

2014-06-20 04:16:25| Biotech - Topix.net

Several dozen federal scientists in Atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax after researchers in a biosecurity lab failed to properly inactivate the deadly bacteria.

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