Last week, a U.S. director of the government bioterror lab supposedly exposed employees to live anthrax. The U.S. Center of Disease Control and Prevention declared, on Wednesday, that he has resigned. Michael Farrell, the lead of CDC's Bioterror Rapid Response & Advanced Technology Laboratory (BRRAT) from Atlanta, was reassigned from his former position after the agency disclosed the safety … [Read more...]
CDC Mishandles Live Anthrax Samples
Could anyone imagine that a prestigious and respected institution like the CDC would err so greatly as to contaminate specimens with dangerous strains of bird flu or mishandle live anthrax? It seems a bit far-fetched but it is in fact the reason for which the Center for Disease Control is in the middle of a hearing overseen by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday. More than 75 … [Read more...]