Read more anthrax stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17009/anthrax.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:34:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73686/suspicious-powder-sent-to-3-ny-consulates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI is seeking a suspect with an apparent grudge against the French, Austrians, and Uzbeks after envelopes containing a suspicious white powder arrived at the three nations' New York diplomatic missions yesterday. Hazardous material units were sent to the consulates and decontaminated dozens of employees. No traces of anthrax...http://www.newser.com/story/73686/suspicious-powder-sent-to-3-ny-consulates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 3:37:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60896/us-fears-al-qaeda-bioattack-from-mexico.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS counterterrorism officials are worried that al-Qaeda may mount a biological attack from Mexico and could even seek to collaborate with domestic terrorists, the Washington Times reports. The fears are bolstered by a February video from Kuwait al-Qaeda recruiter Abdullah al-Nafisi. In the video, Nafisi boasted that anthrax “carried by...http://www.newser.com/story/60896/us-fears-al-qaeda-bioattack-from-mexico.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 13:52:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58354/line-by-line-some-obama-budget-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama said today proposed budget cuts are “not a criticism of” federal workers. Still, they take a toll, from defense to education. The Washington Post takes a look at what’s being trimmed: Anthrax vaccine research: The administration says the goals of the program have been met, and its cancellation...http://www.newser.com/story/58354/line-by-line-some-obama-budget-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 14:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57680/flu-carries-lessons-for-bioterror-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe H1N1 flu outbreak spotlights a public-health infrastructure ill suited to respond to a pandemic or its close cousin, a bioterror attack, D.A. Henderson writes for Newsweek . We must “sharpen our health-care response. Rapid diagnosis and response are critical,” he writes. The “interconnected world we live in” means a...http://www.newser.com/story/57680/flu-carries-lessons-for-bioterror-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 13:11:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48613/powder-mailed-to-journal-dershowitz-is-harmless.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhite powder mailed to executives of the Wall Street Journal and to Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz is harmless, authorities say. Authorities have no suspects or motive, but the Journal notes that Dershowitz wrote an essay for the paper earlier this month defending Israel's assault on Gaza. The Journal got a...http://www.newser.com/story/48613/powder-mailed-to-journal-dershowitz-is-harmless.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 20:25:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48586/white-powder-sent-to-wall-street-journal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Wall Street Journal received more than a dozen envelopes filled with an unidentified white powder today, addressed to various New York-based executives at the newspaper. Police and hazardous-materials crews are investigating, according to a spokesman, and the floor used by paper execs and editorial-page employees has been evacuated. All...http://www.newser.com/story/48586/white-powder-sent-to-wall-street-journal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 12:48:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45617/packages-sent-to-national-guard-prove-harmless.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSuspicious packages sent to National Guard and Reserve sites in 36 states turned out to be harmless expressions of First Amendment rights, federal officials say. Though initial reports suggested they contained white power, anti-war CDs were the featured delivery, the AP reports. The FBI says the packages—some postmarked from...http://www.newser.com/story/45617/packages-sent-to-national-guard-prove-harmless.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 15:58:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45383/high-court-wont-hear-hatfill-suit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Supreme Court will not hear an appeal of Steven Hatfill’s defamation suit against the New York Times , Bloomberg reports. Hatfill, who was once suspected of masterminding the 2001 anthrax attacks, has long maintained that the paper's coverage—specifically, columns by Nicholas Kristof—damaged his reputation. But lower courts...http://www.newser.com/story/45383/high-court-wont-hear-hatfill-suit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 14:52:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40966/mutant-anthrax-cells-led-slowly-to-ivins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe anthrax poisoning case against Bruce Ivins won't be made in court, but it is compelling, the FBI says. Although the late Army scientist's lawyer dismisses the case as “heaps of innuendo,” federal records reveal a far-reaching, exhaustive investigation that required newly invented technology and depended on mutant bacteria, reports...http://www.newser.com/story/40966/mutant-anthrax-cells-led-slowly-to-ivins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Oct 2008 8:56:33 CDT