Tag Archives: anthrax
Pakistani police can’t explain failures in anthrax probe
Pakistani police recently announced that they are currently conducting an investigation into a package containing anthrax sent to the office of the prime minister in the capital Islamabad. In what appears to be the first reported case of anthrax sent … Read More
Anthrax sent to Pakistani prime minister
A university professor allegedly sent an anthrax-containing packet to Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s office in October, a spokesman for the prime minister recently revealed. The package, which was allegedly sent by a female professor who was not otherwise … Read More
Anthrax hoax letter sent to Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office
An explosives unit was recently dispatched to the downtown Phoenix offices of controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio after the discovery of a suspicious envelope containing a white powdery substance. Arpaio said the envelope was delivered to his home over the … Read More
Documents question Justice Dept.’s handinling of Amerithrax case
Documents in the files of a recently settled Florida lawsuit detail how severely the U.S. Justice Department contradicted its own conclusions in its investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks. The investigation that eventually pointed to Bruce E. Ivins as the … Read More
English hospital put on full alert during anthrax panic
The medical staff at Doncaster Royal Infirmary in South Yorkshire, England, were put on full alert after an anthrax panic on Sunday. The incident occurred when a woman turned up at the hospital after potentially taking a suspected heroin overdose. … Read More
Students receives anthrax scare from textbook
A student at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, ordered a textbook for a class on terrorism from Amazon.com and received a scare when a bag containing a white substance fell out. Sophia Stockton had ordered the book, “Understanding Terrorism: … Read More
Powder sent to Israeli Consulate in Boston not anthrax
Preliminary testing on a suspicious powder found outside of an Israeli Consulate building in Boston has come up negative for hazardous substances, including anthrax. The Boston Fire Department said on Tuesday that the powder was not hazardous and that they … Read More
Israeli Consulate in Boston shut down after anthrax hoax letter
The Israeli Consulate in Boston was shut down on Monday for several hours after envelopes were found in the building with the word “anthrax” written on them. Police and fire crews locked down the building and the surrounding area on … Read More
Soligenix announces positive anthrax vaccine stability results
Soligenix, a development stage biopharmaceutical company, announced positive results on Wednesday from long-term stability studies into its SGX204 anthrax vaccine. The vaccine is a proprietary dominant negative inhibitor anthrax recombinant protective antigen subunit protein vaccine developed to protect against anthrax … Read More
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.’s BARDA Biothrax contract extended
A subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., recently announced that it has entered a no-cost modification of a contract with two U.S. government agencies. Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., said that it plans to … Read More
