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House Panel Sets Witness List For CDC Anthrax Hearing
2014-07-14 00:47:23| Biotech - Topix.net
A U.S. congressional committee said on Sunday that it will hear from half a dozen witnesses this week about dangerous lapses at federal health facilities, including one that led to the potential exposure of 84 people to live anthrax.
First Slice 7/13/14: CDC calls time-out on some anthrax labs
2014-07-13 19:43:06| Biotech - Topix.net
Why We Can't Have Nice Things, no. 2,594: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has temporarily closed labs where more than 60 researchers might have been exposed to anthrax.
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CDC: Smallpox found in NIH room is alive
2014-07-13 07:19:16| Biotech - Topix.net
At least two of the vials employees at the National Institutes of Health found in an unused storage room earlier this month contain viable samples of the deadly smallpox virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
CDC Reports 2nd Contamination Accident Prior To Anthrax Scare; Halts...
2014-07-12 19:00:29| Biotech - Topix.net
CDC said a second accident occurred earlier this year when a culture of non-pathogenic bird flu had been cross-contaminated with the highly virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu before being shipped to a USDA facility.
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Anthrax scare reveals more CDC lab safety problems
2014-07-11 21:57:38| Biotech - Topix.net
Citing an anthrax scare and a recurring problem with safety, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday shut down two research labs and stopped shipping highly dangerous germs to other labs.
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