Bioterrorism Watch Archives – January 1, 2004
January 1, 2004
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.