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Science

Will Parents Volunteer Their Kids To Test An Anthrax Vaccine?

A group of US federal advisors is endorsing testing the anthrax vaccine in children. Now the Obama administration has to decide whether to move forward with the risky prospect of injecting healthy children with a potentially dangerous vaccine.

October 18, 2011
Science

Why The Anthrax Murders Are Re-Surfacing 10 Years Later

A decade after the anthrax attacks killed five people and sent 17 to the hospital, and a year after the FBI officially closed the case, it’s once again rearing its ugly head.

August 2, 2011
Science

Portable Anthrax Detector Identifies Spores In Under An Hour

It’s been almost 10 years since the anthrax attacks which killed five people and infected 17 others, but finally we have a legit way to detect the spores — and potentially dozens more pathogens like salmonella.

July 20, 2011
News

Alleged Anthrax Killer Might Not Have Been The Anthrax Killer

Bruce Ivins was suspected by the FBI and DOJ of sending powdered anthrax to government agencies and killing five people in 2001. In 2008 he committed suicide. Most assumed he was guilty. But maybe he wasn’t?

October 12, 2010

This Man Made Enough Germ Weapons To Destroy The World (And Now He’s Dead)

William C. Patrick III died last week. He was responsible for enough bioweaponry to kill every single person on the planet. And several other planets. And then, he spent the rest of his life fighting against his own deadly creations.

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