Tiny killers in a steel box at CDC biohazard lab
Dr Robert Huffaker guides a reporter through a steel refrigerated box housing deadly pathogens at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Lassa virus Monkey B virus and other hemorrhagic and sleeping sickness agents are studied in the CDC hot lab. The center traces outbreaks, funds research, and maintains strict biosafety to protect staff and the surrounding community.
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Atlanta
Robert Huffaker
Huffaker
Biosafety
Center For Disease Control
Auanta
CDC
United States
American Public Health Association
South America
Aspirin speeds cold virus spread warns Illinois study
University of Illinois researchers report aspirin does not meaningfully reduce cold infection and may increase virus shedding. In two trials with young adults, 50 of 87 aspirin patients shed virus versus 17 of 56 on placebo, suggesting aspirin raises contagion risk despite modest symptom relief.
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Chicago
API
University of Illinois
Journal of the American Medical Association
George G. Jackson
Infectious Disease Department
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Jackson
Nuclear plant waste could become valuable energy products
Washington officials study turning deadly reactor wastes into profitable byproducts worth billions. Iso tops in wastes may yield electricity, wastewater purification, or food grain preservation with safety and economic factors guiding salvage. Some wastes have no value or will lose potential and require disposal.
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Washington
UPI
George Dix
The
Energy Research and Development Administration
Iso
Dix
Tucson
Ariz
ERDA
Refugee crisis in South Vietnam reaches million mark
Saigon officials called the refugee flow from the North Vietnamese offensive the most serious crisis the country has faced, with over one million displaced and aid agencies urged to step up evacuation and relief. Government says seas, not roads, are the sole exit, asking for ships and airlift capacity while detailing regional displacement figures and early aid totals.
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Chicago Tribune
Saigon
Phan Quang-Dan
Dan
South Korea
Republic of China
Philippines
United States
World Airways
Phnom Penh
Quang Tin
Quang Ngai
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Hue
Danang
Binh Dinh
Phu Yen
Khanh Hoa
Kontum
Pleiku
Phu Bon
Darlac
Tay Ninh
Binh Long
Khmer Rouge
Sakharov wife denied visa for eye treatment in Italy
Yelena Bonner Sakharov, wife of Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov, was refused permission to travel to Italy for glaucoma treatment. OVIR officials cited lack of West- based relative invitation. she has no relatives in the West. She warns blindness may follow in six months. her husband appeals to Western scientists for support.
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Moscow
Andrei D. Sakharov
Italy
Yelena Bonner Sakharov
Moscow Visa Office
OVIR
Sakharov
West
Soviet Union
Dayton editor resigns in dispute over page one words
Dayton Journal Herald editor Charles T. Alexander resigns after ownership faults his failure to remove two obscenities from a March 19 story. The piece quoted a federal agent about the shooting death of Jerry D. Johnston, involving ATF agents Gibson and Johnston, with Alexander noting his long tenure since 1966 and 1968 as editor.
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Dayton Journal Herald
Charles T. Alexander
Dayton Newspapers Inc
Journal Herald
Daniel J. Mahoney Jr
U.S. Treasury Department
Alexander
Dayton Paper
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