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  2. 2001 anthrax attacks - Wikipedia

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    The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), [1] occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

  3. Lessons from the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001 - AOL

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    It was killing people, one at a time, day by day. Between October 5, and November 22, 2001, five people who were exposed died from anthrax poisoning. Seeking experts. Anthrax. Saddam Hussein? Bin ...

  4. The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11 - Wikipedia

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    The Anthrax Attacks is about the 2001 anthrax attacks and the ensuing FBI investigations into it. In a biological attack that started one week after the September 11 attacks, five people were killed and at least 17 people were injured. [1]

  5. List of anthrax outbreaks - Wikipedia

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    In September 2001, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. Of those infected, 11 developed cutaneous anthrax, while 11 developed inhalation anthrax. 20 of the 22 infected worked at a site where contaminated mail was handled or received. [7]

  6. On this day in history, Anthrax scare sent to NBC and ... - AOL

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    On September 18th in 2001, letters that tested positive for anthrax were sent to NBC and the New York Post. The anthrax scare of 2001, killed five people and affected more than a dozen more.

  7. United States Postal Service irradiated mail - Wikipedia

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    Irradiated mail is mail that has been deliberately exposed to radiation, typically in an effort to disinfect it. The most notable instance of mail irradiation in the US occurred in response to the 2001 anthrax attacks; the level of radiation chosen to kill anthrax spores was so high that it often changed the physical appearance of the mail.

  8. US military mistakenly ships live anthrax to labs in 9 states

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    The mishap comes 11 months after the CDC, one of the government's top civilian labs, similarly mishandled anthrax.

  9. Anthrax - Wikipedia

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    Before 2001, fatality rates for inhalation anthrax were 90%; since then, they have fallen to 45%. [27] People that progress to the fulminant phase of inhalational anthrax nearly always die, with one case study showing a death rate of 97%. [71] Anthrax meningoencephalitis is also nearly always fatal. [72]