Bioterrorism Watch 2004-01-01

Be alert for ricin poison cases after deadly toxin used in threat

Clinicians should be alert for possible cases of ricin poisoning because the easily available toxin was used recently to make a terrorist threat at mail processing center in Greenville, SC, public health investigators warn. Read More

The umbrella murder, other ricin incidents

The recent ricin threat at a postal facility in Greenville, SC, follows several other instances of the agent being used or procured for criminal purposes. Read More

Anthrax attacks could have killed thousands

The incredibly potent anthrax powder used in the bioterrorist attacks of 2001 could have killed thousands of people if the terrorist had simply placed an open container of the finely ground powder near the air intake system of a large building or skyscraper, a top federal advisor on bioterrorism said recently. Read More

NH acute hospitals add portable isolation units

In what may foretell a trend in other states, New Hampshire has equipped every hospital in the state with portable isolation units that quickly can convert regular patient rooms to units under negative air pressure. Read More

CDC funding bioterror research nationwide

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded approximately $9 million in new grants to enhance biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research in the United States. Read More

Bioterror science poised to explode in dark future

Pushed by an unprecedented scientific revolution, the future may yield biologically engineered weapons worse than any disease known to man, a report by the CIA concluded. Read More

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January 1, 2004

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