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Anthrax Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Anthrax.

Results 1 - 20 of 208 in Anthrax

  1. Elusys scores HHS contract for anthrax drugRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Drug Store News

    PINE BROOK, N.J. Elusys Therapeutics Inc. has received a $143 million federal contract to develop a drug to treat inhaled anthrax poisoning.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pine Brook, NJ, Biotech, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry

  2. First PersonINTERN to the LionRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | American Reporter

    ... phones and constituent correspondence and doing legislative research - was replaced by numerous bomb threats, the anthrax scare, and office displacement. Her time as an intern with Sen. Ted Kennedy became even more momentous for Zett-Alexandra ...

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    Related Topix: American University, Medicine, Health

  3. Obama: the Cipro's in the mailRead the original story

    Thursday | Politico

    ... spond to a large-scale biological attack," the order declares. Obama also said the government's plan should consider anthrax to be the "primary threat." The president gave HHS, DHS and USPS 180 days to put the plan together.

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    Related Topix: Cipro, Ciprofloxacin (generic), Medicine, Medication, Terrorism

  4. Disinfectants making bugs drug-resistantRead the original story

    Wednesday | China Daily

    ... in the fight against several bacterial infections, and is also the drug of last-resort against the deadly disease anthrax. "We found that in both cases - for the disinfectant and the antibiotic - the (mutated) bacteria was taking them in, but ...

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    Related Topix: Cipro, Ciprofloxacin (generic), Medicine, Medication

  5. Disinfectant Misuse Might Help Germs Resist AntibioticsRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 29 | MedicineNet

    ... (Cipro) after being exposed to the disinfectant. Cipro is best known as a drug used to treat people exposed to anthrax . The bacteria also became resistant to the disinfectant. There is a caveat to the research: It took place in the laboratory, not ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Cipro, Ciprofloxacin (generic), Medication, Health

  6. Anthrax case: Drum suspicions are detailed

    Tuesday Dec 29 | Seacoast Online

    A New Hampshire woman diagnosed with a rare gastrointestinal anthrax case may have swallowed spores propelled into the air by vigorous drumming, a state health expert said.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Durham, NH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  7. Disinfectants bolster bugs: studyRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 29 | The Sydney Morning Herald

    ... in the fight against several bacterial infections, and is also the drug of last resort against the deadly disease anthrax. ''This is very, very worrying,'' said Gerard Fleming, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, and the ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Cipro, Ciprofloxacin (generic), Medication

  8. Disinfectants may boost bugsRead the original story

    Monday Dec 28 | The Straits Times

    ... in the fight against several bacterial infections, and is also the drug of last-resort against the deadly disease anthrax. 'This is very, very worrying,' said Gerard Fleming, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, and main ...

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    Related Topix: Cipro, Ciprofloxacin (generic), Medicine, Medication

  9. Cleaning agents may help superbugs growRead the original story

    Monday Dec 28 | Independent Online

    ... in the fight against several bacterial infections, and is also the drug of last-resort against the deadly disease anthrax. "This is very, very worrying," said Gerard Fleming, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, and main ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Cipro, Ciprofloxacin (generic), Medication

  10. Disinfectants may boost superbugsRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 28 | The West Australian

    ... in the fight against several bacterial infections and is the drug of last-resort against the deadly disease anthrax. "This is very, very worrying," said Gerard Fleming, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, and main architect ...

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    Related Topix: Cipro, Ciprofloxacin (generic), Medicine, Medication

  11. First case of anthrax reported in New Hampshire in over 50 years.Read the original story

    Saturday Dec 26 | Examiner.com

    In a press release issued Saturday, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed a case of gastrointestinal anthrax in an adult female from Strafford County.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Strafford County, NH, University of New Hampshire

  12. Anthrax test on Cumbria heroin user is negativeRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 27 | The Independent

    Tests being carried out on a heroin user for anthrax poisoning are so far proving negative, health officials said yesterday.

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Health

  13. Anthrax tests on heroin user Tests being carried out on a heroin user ...Read the original story

    Sunday Dec 27 | Lytham Today

    ... have a Premium Content Subscription with the Press Association site. Tests being carried out on a heroin user for anthrax poisoning are so far proving negative. It had been feared the unidentified male in Cumbria had the disease after injecting from ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Health

  14. Heroin user 'negative' for anthraxRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 27 | IcScotland

    Tests being carried out on a heroin user for anthrax poisoning are so far proving negative, health officials said.

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Health

  15. Heroin user anthrax poisoning probeRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 26 | Ayrshire Post

    A heroin user with possible anthrax poisoning is being treated in hospital, health officials confirmed.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health

  16. Scottish News: Heroin user anthrax poisoning probeRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 26 | Irvine Herald

    A heroin user with possible anthrax poisoning is being treated in hospital, health officials confirmed.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health

  17. First PersonINTERN to the LionRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | American Reporter

    ... phones and constituent correspondence and doing legislative research - was replaced by numerous bomb threats, the anthrax scare, and office displacement. Her time as an intern with Sen. Ted Kennedy became even more momentous for Zett-Alexandra ...

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    Related Topix: American University, Medicine, Health

  18. Newsmakers of 2009: Tom WatkinsRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Washington Business Journal

    ... shelves. This year alone, Watkins oversaw the company's first product sales to the tune of $150 million from its anthrax treatment, the first two of three planned submissions of federal drug approval applications, a stock price that grew by nearly ...

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    Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Lupus

  19. Anthrax case detected in Orissa

    Thursday Dec 24 | The Hindu

    VISAKHAPATNAM: Following the death of a 35-year-old man at Dabuguda under Gumma Panchayat in Malkangiri mandal of Orissa, near border with Visakhapatnam district, due to cutaneous anthrax a team from the District Medical and Health Officer's office here has gone to the village to take up surveillance and to treat patients if there are any.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health

  20. HGSI competitor Elusys scores contractRead the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | Washington Business Journal

    A U.S. Health and Human Services agency has awarded an up to $143 million contract to further develop an inhaled anthrax treatment that could rival a similar product at Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences Inc.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Biotech, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry