<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Bioterrorism</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><description>Bioterrorism</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Anthrax Investigators Continue to Probe in Md.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58250-2004Jul17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58250-2004Jul17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's been a long series of dead ends for law enforcement authorities still looking for clues in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks.]]></description><author> Allan Lengel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Approves Bioterror Provisions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41230-2004May19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41230-2004May19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a $5.6 billion, 10-year program to speed development and stockpiling of vaccines, antidotes and other medical measures to help protect against a bioterrorist attack.]]></description><author> Helen Dewar  and Justin Gillis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constituents' Concerns Hauled Away With Mail]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22223-2004Feb7.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22223-2004Feb7.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Because of ricin found in a Senate mailroom last week, thousands of letters sent to lawmakers could be damned to the realms of the unread.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthrax Shots Require Consent, Military Told]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22760-2003Dec22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22760-2003Dec22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Monday ordered the Pentagon to stop vaccinating service members without their consent, ruling that it cannot require troops to "serve as guinea pigs for experimental drugs."]]></description><author> Vernon Loeb</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHO Assails Wealthy Nations on Bioterror]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A496-2003Nov4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A496-2003Nov4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Simulation of terrorist smallpox attack highlights failures in international coordination and leads to calls for a more multilateral approach in U.S. bioterrorism defense planning.]]></description><author> Shankar Vedantam</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientist Says FBI Tricked Him]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47009-2003Oct18.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47009-2003Oct18.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Texas scientist accused of lying to the FBI about destroying 30 vials of bubonic plague bacteria said the agency tricked him into making a confession so it could close the case.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Ends Anthrax Probe in Md. Pond]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46064-2003Jun28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46064-2003Jun28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FBI agents found no additional physical evidence to immediately suggest any links to the 2001 case, law enforcement sources said.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson and David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mock Explosion Launches Bioterror Drill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47092-2003May12.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47092-2003May12.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A national bioterrorism drill for hundreds of firefighters, police and emergency workers began today with a mock explosion of a radioactive "dirty bomb" in a car in a Seattle industrial lot.]]></description><author> Gene Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ERs Prepare for Another Kind of War]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16076-2003Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16076-2003Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the event of a terrorist attack, victims infected with smallpox or tainted with anthrax could pose a personal threat to the emergency room workers who treat them.]]></description><author> Susan Levine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drugs at the Ready?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34841-2003Mar3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34841-2003Mar3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Moving beyond its duct-tape-and-plastic-sheeting dictum, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is urging more practical action, including that people assemble emergency preparedness kits in case of a terror attack.]]></description><author> Francesca Lunzer Kritz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reactions May Be Linked To Vaccine]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13570-2003Feb27.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13570-2003Feb27.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Three Florida health care workers inoculated against smallpox have experienced serious side effects that may be linked to the vaccine, federal officials announced Thursday.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Detection in the Dark]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54042-2003Feb10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54042-2003Feb10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When it comes to commercial bioterror detection tools, no single federal authority grants approval or even issues standards, leaving local response teams unsure of how to pick through the kits flooding the market. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preparing for Terror]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45713-2003Feb8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45713-2003Feb8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An exercise in Alexandria Saturday was national news, involving hundreds of rescue workers, police and military personnel.]]></description><author> Patricia Davis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watchful Waiting As Alert Is Raised]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42365-2003Feb7.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42365-2003Feb7.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Emergency command centers are operating 24 hours a day, medical personnel are on alert and surveillance cameras in downtown Washington are monitoring federal buildings continuously.]]></description><author> David Nakamura and Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Hopes Incentives Will Push Vaccine Development]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63430-2003Jan29.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63430-2003Jan29.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration is hoping that its promise of a guaranteed buyer will entice pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to develop vaccines and treatments to counter bioterrorism threats, officials said yesterday.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunt for Clues in Anthrax Case Revived]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40236-2003Jan24.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40236-2003Jan24.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The FBI has again returned to a forested area in Frederick to search for clues in the anthrax killings case, authorities said Friday.]]></description><author> Allan Lengel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poll: Many Nurses Don't Understand Smallpox]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30335-2003Jan22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30335-2003Jan22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two days before smallpox inoculations begin for health care personnel, a survey of practicing nurses shows few have a good understanding of the disease or the vaccine.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biowarfare Monitors Are Deployed in U.S.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30206-2003Jan22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30206-2003Jan22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A nationwide network of environmental monitors that detect anthrax, smallpox and certain other harmful biological agents was deployed Wednesday.]]></description><author> Kathy Sawyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Mosque Raided in Toxin Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19048-2003Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19048-2003Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/bioterrorism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Police arrested seven people and seized computer equipment and files in what officials called a continuing hunt for terrorists linked to traces of ricin found in a nearby apartment.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item></channel></rss>
