C.D.C. Team Tackles Anthrax. / Lawrence K. Altman.
by Altman, Lawrence K; Manning, Anita; Goldstein, Steve; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 17Health. Publisher: New York Times, 2001; Associated Press Newsfeatures, 2001; Gannett News Service (Syndicate), 2001ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): American Media Inc | United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Anthrax | Bioterrorism | Biological weapons | Spores (Bacteria) | Smallpox | Smallpox -- Vaccination | Smallpox vaccine | Epidemiology | Governmental investigationsDDC classification: 050 Summary: C.D.C. TEAM TACKLES ANTHRAX -- "Fifty years ago [1951], the federal government set up an elite corps of medical detectives to counter a threat it hoped never to face. Now, with the emergence of anthrax, that corps, the Epidemic Intelligence Service, is facing the challenge of that mission: tracing the cause and stemming the spread of a disease that may have been deliberately introduced--in other words, a biological attack." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article outlines the steps the Centers for Disease Control is taking to fight the threat of bioterrorist attacks in the United States in Oct. 2001.Summary: ANSWERS TO SOME ANTHRAX QUESTIONS -- "Anthrax can be an insidious and efficient killer. Its spores can survive for decades. If inhaled, they can kill in a matter of two or three days, doing its worst damage with symptoms that seem no worse than a cold." (BOCA NEWS) This article offers questions and answers about anthrax.Summary: SMALLPOX WOULD BE A DEADLY OPPONENT -- "As Americans adjust to the new reality of anthrax in their midst, public health officials are bracing against the possibility of an even more formidable threat: smallpox. The last known stocks of the virus that causes smallpox, a pestilence that killed 2 million people as recently as 1967, are locked up in labs in Atlanta and Russia, awaiting the outcome of a long-running debate over whether they should be destroyed." (USA TODAY) This article examines the health scenarios of a bioterrorist attack using smallpox, a highly contagious virus that is fatal in approximately 30 percent of all cases.Summary: AMID SMALLPOX WORRY, SOME SEE LIKELIER RISKS -- "With the anthrax outbreak seemingly subsiding, the U.S. government is actively pursuing an aggressive strategy to protect Americans against smallpox. But the focus on a deadly disease that was eradicated in the 1970s is devouring resources needed to defend against bioterrorism and, experts say, is ignoring other germ agents that may be easier for terrorists to obtain and deploy." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article discusses germ agents that could be used in an attack on the United Staes, other than anthrax and smallpox, that the general public should be aware of.
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This MARC record contains four articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: C.D.C. Team Tackles Anthrax, Oct. 16, 2001; pp. D1+.
Originally Published: Answers to Some Anthrax Questions, Oct. 10, 2001; pp. 10.
Originally Published: Smallpox Would Be a Deadly Opponent, Oct. 24, 2001; pp. 1D+.
Originally Published: Amid Smallpox Worry, Some See Likelier Risks, Nov. 8, 2001; pp. n.p..
C.D.C. TEAM TACKLES ANTHRAX -- "Fifty years ago [1951], the federal government set up an elite corps of medical detectives to counter a threat it hoped never to face. Now, with the emergence of anthrax, that corps, the Epidemic Intelligence Service, is facing the challenge of that mission: tracing the cause and stemming the spread of a disease that may have been deliberately introduced--in other words, a biological attack." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article outlines the steps the Centers for Disease Control is taking to fight the threat of bioterrorist attacks in the United States in Oct. 2001.
ANSWERS TO SOME ANTHRAX QUESTIONS -- "Anthrax can be an insidious and efficient killer. Its spores can survive for decades. If inhaled, they can kill in a matter of two or three days, doing its worst damage with symptoms that seem no worse than a cold." (BOCA NEWS) This article offers questions and answers about anthrax.
SMALLPOX WOULD BE A DEADLY OPPONENT -- "As Americans adjust to the new reality of anthrax in their midst, public health officials are bracing against the possibility of an even more formidable threat: smallpox. The last known stocks of the virus that causes smallpox, a pestilence that killed 2 million people as recently as 1967, are locked up in labs in Atlanta and Russia, awaiting the outcome of a long-running debate over whether they should be destroyed." (USA TODAY) This article examines the health scenarios of a bioterrorist attack using smallpox, a highly contagious virus that is fatal in approximately 30 percent of all cases.
AMID SMALLPOX WORRY, SOME SEE LIKELIER RISKS -- "With the anthrax outbreak seemingly subsiding, the U.S. government is actively pursuing an aggressive strategy to protect Americans against smallpox. But the focus on a deadly disease that was eradicated in the 1970s is devouring resources needed to defend against bioterrorism and, experts say, is ignoring other germ agents that may be easier for terrorists to obtain and deploy." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article discusses germ agents that could be used in an attack on the United Staes, other than anthrax and smallpox, that the general public should be aware of.
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