Anthrax

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Key anti-bioterror program killed Key anti-bioterror program killed
A program to develop a new anthrax vaccine, plagued by problems from its inception, has been stopped.
"Stumbling to the scene with no real plan" "Stumbling to the scene with no real plan"
Nearly four years after the postal anthrax attacks, the U.S. still looks alarmingly exposed to bioterrorism.
Blocking the shot
A federal judge orders an end to the Pentagon's program of mandatory anthrax vaccinations.
Microbes in court Microbes in court
Coming up next on "CSI": Will the science of microbial forensics nail the anthrax killer?
Dearly deported Dearly deported
Just months after Zeferino Colunga Sr. lost his GI son in Iraq, the government arrested him and sent him back to Mexico.
A shot in the dark A shot in the dark
The U.S. military requires troops to take controversial anthrax shots and court-martials them if they refuse. But critics say the vaccine is too dangerous -- and with Saddam's bioweapons nowhere to be found, needless.
Freddy, Jason, Megadeth and me Freddy, Jason, Megadeth and me
I'm a young, cultured New Yorker who reads Gaddis and Ishiguro. But I can't stand indie rock, I love speed metal and slasher movies, and I refuse to be ashamed anymore!
America's weapons of mass destruction
If weapons inspectors were to look at the United States, what would they find?
Bio-sleuth or crackpot?
Scientist Barbara Hatch Rosenberg has pressed to keep the investigation into last year's anthrax attacks alive. But bio-weapons researcher Steven Hatfill is not amused.
Is a U.S. bioweapons scientist behind last fall's anthrax attacks? Is a U.S. bioweapons scientist behind last fall's anthrax attacks?
A growing number of scientific experts have come to this conclusion. But the FBI seems strangely reluctant to zero in on the most likely suspects.
Patrick Leahy Patrick Leahy
The Vermont senator talks about terrorism, his "strained relationship" with Attorney General John Ashcroft and the beauty of the First Amendment.
How to wash a gas mask How to wash a gas mask
Where is the normality in our New Normality, and is it OK to get water on these things?
Have abortion foes received anthrax letters too?
Yes, says Army of God's Donald Spitz, but the "liberal media" ignored them.
Abortion terrorism intrigue Abortion terrorism intrigue
The Nuremberg Files' Neal Horsley says fugitive abortion foe Clayton Waagner took him hostage, claimed credit for anthrax hoax -- and promised to kill 42 clinic workers if they don't resign. Skeptics say they're in cahoots.
Are right-wing hate groups behind anthrax terror?
Nobody knows, because the Justice Department isn't investigating violent militants on the right the way it's monitoring Muslims, critics say.
This time the germs are real This time the germs are real
For sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder, a real-live anthrax scare can mean years of misery.
Are anthrax letters OK for abortion-rights groups?
Activists concerned about a second wave of threats fear the attorney general's antiabortion beliefs are the reason he won't meet with them.
Anthrax? Big deal Anthrax? Big deal
While a quaking American media blathers obsessively about being on the front lines of bioterrorism, a Pakistani newsroom goes calmly about its business after its own spore scare.
Who should get the anthrax vaccine?
A federal panel debates making the controversial drug, now restricted to the military, available more widely.
The real "fifth column"
While conservative pundits whine about treacherous lefty intellectuals, a real group of far-right traitors may be striking at America from within.
Words no longer fail us Words no longer fail us
It's a new world, full of gaytriotism and bluster bombs. We need a new vocabulary.
Homegrown terror
Who's sending out anthrax? One possibility is becoming harder to ignore: The U.S.'s own far-right extremists.
Not so fast, Washington Post
An expert says we really have no idea where those anthrax spores came from.
Through rain, snow ... and anthrax?
A postal worker talks about the realities of sorting mail in the new age of bioterror.
Is there an anthrax doctor in the house?
Scoops are few and desperation is catching at the annual conference of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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