anthrax
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The Horrifying Reason Siberia Is Dealing With An Anthrax Outbreak
In a news report that could easily be the plot of a cult horror movie, an anthrax outbreak has swept the remote Yamalo-Nenets district of western Siberia, killing 1500 reindeer since Sunday. According to NBC News, authorities think the outbreak began when some zombie anthrax thawed out of an infected reindeer corpse and woke up.
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UK Government Lab Accidentally Mailed Out Live Anthrax
The Centres for Disease Control has some dubious competition in the mishandling deadly pathogens business. A investigation by The Guardian reveals dozens of serious safety lapses in UK labs. In one case, a government lab shipped out live anthrax because someone had grabbed the wrong tubes.
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Monster Machines: How The US Postal Service Sniffs Out Anthrax
The Amerithrax case of 2001, in which letters harbouring Anthrax spores were delivered to media outlets and US Senators’ offices, killed five people and sickened another 17. In the wake of these attacks, the US Postal Service (USPS) installed a system of electronic noses in mail-processing facilities designed to sniff out the deadly bacteria before…
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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.