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Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals.
Read More at Wikipedia ›The Obama administration is asking a presidential commission to help decide an ethical quandary: Should the anthrax vaccine and other treatments being stockpiled in case of a bioterror attack be tested in children?"We can't just assume that what we have for adults works for children," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the panel Thursday.
Controversy over whether to open pediatric studies of the anthrax vaccine led Sebelius to ask the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to tackle the question. The commission began its deliberations Thursday; recommendations are expected by year's end.Sebelius made clear that the question is far broader than anthrax."There are serious ethical issues around the development of medical countermeasures for children" in general, she said.Developing protections for youngsters is critically important, but in a way that puts "our children's safety as our highest priority," Sebelius said.A decade after the anthrax at...A bomb squad was called out to the downtown offices of controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Phoenix Monday, after a suspicious envelope was found to contain a...
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A spokesman for Pakistan's prime minister says a packet containing anthrax was sent to the premier's office one year ago.Akram Shaheedi said Wednesday a female profe...
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Should the anthrax vaccine be tested in children? It will be a while longer before the government decides.An advisory board said Friday that ethical issues need to b...
A New York state inmate has been charged with mailing hoax anthrax letters to five U.S. District courthouses in Virginia, New York and Washington, D.C., in 2007.Robe...
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