Twelve Americans Tested Positive for AnthraxEleven Americans have been tested positive for anthrax since a Florida photo editor died of the inhalation anthrax early this month.Totally, 12 anthrax positive results were reported in the United States in a short period of less than half month. Among them, eight were from The Sun, a Florida-based supermarket tabloid published by American Media Inc. and one from NBC News in New York City. The newest three positive results for anthrax were found Sunday on a New York police officer and two laboratory technicians involved in the NBC anthrax investigation. A letter sent from Malaysia to Microsoft's Nevada office in southwest U.S. was confirmed Saturday containing anthrax spores, and four of the six people who contacted the letter were tested negative. The other two people's testing results will be available on Monday. In Washington, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said he considered the anthrax cases in Florida, New York and Nevada, to be instances of bioterrorism And Attorney General John Ashcroft said it was premature to tell whether there is a direct link between the anthrax cases with Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. |
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