Postmaster warns to handle mail carefully during anthrax scare
Washington AP report notes rising anthrax cases with the White House included. Postmaster General John Potter urges careful mail handling and hand washing as investigators pursue cases and three deaths are confirmed. Surgeon General Satcher warns of attacks while health officials consider vaccinating high risk postal workers. President Bush states White House is safe as centers test and treat exposed workers with antibiotics and additional drugs. FBI releases tainted letters connected to Sept. 11 hijackings amid ongoing investigation.
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Anthrax Toll Rises With Postal Worker Deaths
As of Tuesday three people have died from anthrax including two Washington postal workers. The toll reaches 12 with half inhaled and half skin forms. A Florida tabloid photo editor and two Washington postal workers died from inhaled anthrax. Five more inhaled cases are suspected, including a New Jersey postal worker hospitalized near Trenton.
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NRC study warned of jetliner impact on nuclear plants
A 1982 Argonne report detailed how a jetliner crash could breach reactor containment and ignite fuel, risking a 1000 pound dynamite equivalent explosion inside a damaged plant. NRC has removed the document from its reading room and is deleting sensitive material from its public Web site as security measures.
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House approves compromise anti-terrorism bill in wide vote
The House passed a broad anti-terrorism package 357 to 66 granting police power to secretly search homes and tap phones while expanding surveillance. The bill, aimed at empowering law enforcement post 9/11, faces Senate hurdles over McDade amendment tweaks and procedural blocks.
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Drug firms told to boost smallpox vaccine supply
Health secretary Thompson says the government seeks 250 million additional doses by end of 2002 to assure every American has a dose if needed. About 15.4 million doses are stockpiled. Acambis will deliver 54 million next year under a prior contract. regulatory waivers may be required.
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