Study Findings from Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Provide New Insights into Bacillus.(Report)

New research, "Multigeneration cross contamination of mail with Bacillus species spores by tumbling," is the subject of a report. "In 2001, envelopes loaded with Bacillus anthracis spores were mailed to Senators Daschle and Leahy as well as to the New York Post and NBC News buildings. Additional letters may have been mailed to other news agencies because there was confirmed anthrax infection of employees at these locations," scientists in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland report (see also Bacillus).

"These events heightened the awareness of the lack of understanding of the mechanism(s) by which objects contaminated with a biological agent might spread disease. This …

rensselaer county edition.(Capital Region)

Taste of Troy The Third Annual Taste of Troy benefit cooks up some fun at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Tosca Grill in Troy. Enjoy the Collar City's best with food samples, special offers from local businesses and family fun. Call 272-3506 or 271-9554. St. Patrick's giveaway Don your favorite green garb, visit any local Stewart's Shop on Monday, and get a …

CASON, FRED S. SR.(CAPITAL REGION)

GUILDERLAND -- Fred Stephens Cason Sr., 76, of Guilderland, died Monday, February 7, 2000 at his home. Mr. Cason was born in Montpelier, VT, the son of the late Nona Stephens and Grady Cason. He was raised in Albany and Cookeville, TN and was educated at Albany High School and Hudson Valley Community College. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army. He later owned and operated Cason Jewelers in Albany. He also was employed by the New York State Dept. of Civil Service for 20 years, and later worked as a truck driver for Cason Trucking of Albany. He was a member of the Masonic Temple, and past Master of the James Ten Eyck Lodge. He served as Deputy Director of Albany …

impressive statistics.(Sports)

BYLINE: STEPHEN NELL

JUSTIN MELCK has been deemed fit enough for inclusion on Western Province's bench this week and Pieter Louw is on a mission to ensure that he stays there.

Province will almost certainly have to beat Griquas at Newlands tomorrow to qualify for the semifinals of the Currie Cup and with competition fierce in the squad there is little chance of complacency against the stubborn Kimberley outfit.

Melck, who impressed until his recent sidelining with a hamstring injury, will no doubt feature some time tomorrow with a view to regaining his place on the flank in the semifinals. However, Louw can swing coach Kobus van der Merwe's vote if …

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It was quite a send-off for Jim Davis, or so the people paying his funeral bills were led to believe.

They were told Davis was laid to rest at Abbey Memorial Park in Compton after being placed in an ornate, top-of-the-line casket lined with elaborate floral arrangements. Altogether, the bill to bury Davis at the palm-lined cemetery came to nearly $31,000.

But there was a problem: There was no Jim Davis. He was dreamed up by a group of scam artists, authorities say.

And prosecutors say the coffin that was lowered into the ground was made out of cheap plywood or cardboard, filled with either rocks or butchered meat and animal bones, apparently to …

Serologic responses to measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in healthy infants: Failure to respond to measles and mumps components may influence decisions on timing of the second dose of MMR

Leslie Ann Mitchell PhD,1,2 Aubrey J. Tingle, MD, PhD,1 Diane Decarie, BSc,1 Carol Lajeunesse, BScN2

A B S T R A C T

Measles, mumps, and rubella-specific IgG antibodies were evaluated in 134 healthy infants routinely immunized with trivalent live attenuated measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine at one year of age. Blood samples were collected just before, and at 1, 3, and 12 months after MMR. Specific IgG was measured by commercial enzyme immunoassays. Before vaccination, 98.5%, 99.2%, and 98.5% of the infants tested were seronegative for measles, mumps, and rubella, respectively. One year after MMR, 16.4% and 22.4% of vaccinees lacked demonstrable antibody to measles and …

MEASLES IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN.

Some 60,000 Barbadian men and women between the ages of 21 and 35 will be immunized against measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) over the next three months by the Ministry of Health, says the Government Information …