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...anthrax bacteria, which most commonly affects cattle, were found in lymph nodes which drain the lungs. This suggests that victims inhaled the anthrax spores. From there, the bacteria spread through the body...
...pretty confident that it was airborne [as opposed to being from meat]," Meselson said in a phone interview Saturday. "The most plausible source is the military base, and they do say they were working with [the anthrax bacteria] for a vaccine...
...virtually every cell of the shark's body. The new compound, a chemical cousin of cholesterol, does not belong to any known class of antibiotics, according to a report published by the National Academy of Sciences. But it is surprisingly effective against a broad range of microbes, including fungi, bacteria and parasites. A synthetic version of the dogfish drug is now being tested against a variety of human diseases...
...triggered a flurry of research, and the results are just in. The disease isn't AIDS, says the New England Journal of Medicine. It seems to be noncontagious, it's rare and likely to stay that way, and it probably has a variety of causes. The possible culprits include bacteria, fungi and other parasites, poisons and environmental toxins. Viruses may play a role as well, but not necessarily a single virus or even a family of them. In a Journal editorial, Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief of U.S. AIDS research, called last year's press speculation about a new AIDS virus...
...INDIGESTION AFTER EATING FAST FOOD IS one of the hazards of modern life. Something quite different happened when severe food poisoning struck hundreds of people in Washington, Idaho and Nevada who had dined at Jack in the Box restaurants. Doctors are blaming a savage strain of E. coli bacteria first identified 10 years ago. Somehow the germs infected a shipment of hamburger meat, which was then undercooked in restaurant kitchens. Two children died, only one of whom had eaten at Jack in the Box. This suggested that the bacteria could in some cases spread to people who did not visit...