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  2. Bruce Edwards Ivins - Wikipedia

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    After conducting research on Legionella and cholera, in 1979, Ivins turned his attention to anthrax after the anthrax outbreak in the Soviet city of Sverdlovsk (now known as Yekaterinburg), which killed at least 105 after an accidental release at a military facility. [20] Ivins had published at least 44 scientific papers dating back to May 18 ...

  3. 2001 anthrax attacks - Wikipedia

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    Bruce Edwards Ivins, a scientist at the government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, became a focus around April 4, 2005. On April 11, 2007, Ivins was put under periodic surveillance and an FBI document stated that he was "an extremely sensitive suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks". [3]

  4. List of anthrax outbreaks - Wikipedia

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    2016 anthrax outbreak July 2016 1 human death (~100 infected) 2,300 animal deaths In July 2016, nearly 100 people were hospitalized amid an anthrax outbreak among nomadic communities in northern Siberia, Russia and more than 2,300 reindeer died from anthrax infections in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

  5. Cholera still kills tens of thousands of people a year. Are ...

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    Cholera is a bacterial infection of the intestines that leads to severe diarrhea and rapid dehydration, "which can quickly become life-threatening without treatment," says Dr. Jason Nagata, a ...

  6. Health Rounds: Researchers find genetic clues to cholera ...

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    Today we report on new genetic research that may lead to tools or treatments to prevent cholera outbreaks, and on a study of a potentially practice-changing approach to treating some liver tumors ...

  7. WHO issues warning about surging cholera outbreaks

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    A cholera outbreak in Syria has already killed at least 33 people, posing a danger across the frontlines of the country's 11-year-long war and stirring fears in crowded camps for the displaced.

  8. The Hot Zone (American TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Ryker is shocked when Ivins shows up at the search site. Though Hatfill is exonerated, he is still harassed by law enforcement. Increasingly unstable, Ivins begins to mix his medications with alcohol. Moore searches Ivins's trash, connecting the proximity of the Princeton mailbox to the sorority house and discovering a patent for an anthrax ...

  9. History of cholera - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, there have been many documented major local cholera outbreaks, such as a 1991–1994 outbreak in South America and, more recently, the 2016–2021 Yemen cholera outbreak. [ 2 ] Although much is known about the mechanisms behind the spread of cholera , this has not led to a full understanding of what makes cholera outbreaks happen ...