"You can't function thinking that at any moment you're going to be struck by lightning or receive an anthrax letter".
Those include two flight attendants on the plane that Richard Reid, the so-called shoe bomber, tried to attack; and Tom Brokaw, who received an envelope containing anthrax at his NBC offices.
Business, technology and wealth news: Times Reporter In Rio Gets Anthrax Letter A New York Times reporter based in Rio de Janeiro received a letter containing anthrax, the newspaper said Oct. 19.
In that case, workers pumped poisonous chlorine dioxide gas into the office of Senator Tom Daschle, who had received a letter containing anthrax just after A.M.I. did, and into the ventilation system.
Among the latter group, about 46 out of every thousand were hospitalized per year of observation; among those who had received a dose of anthrax vaccine, that number was only 25--a statistically significant difference.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCC) Guidelines now recommend that, besides antibiotic and cardiopulmonary support, patients with systemic anthrax infection receive an anti-toxin agent [1 7].
Dr. Martin had been treating the staff of Senator Tom Daschle since October, when Daschle received a letter tainted with anthrax.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistanan's prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, received a postal package containing anthrax spores four months ago, his spokesman said Wednesday, adding a new dimension to the security threats faced by the country's political and military leadership.
The report cited fevers, muscle aches and other flu-like symptoms that soldiers have experienced after receiving the anthrax shots, saying the Pentagon had not thoroughly studied the vaccine's side-effects.
