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NIH ponders logistics of biodefense lab accidents
The National Institutes of Health are confronting a sticky issue in planning for a new biodefense laboratory in Frederick: where to care for workers who have been accidentally exposed to deadly, infectious agents in the lab.
Center for medical intelligence expanding
A military intelligence unit that had tracked medical threats to troops worldwide is expanding its mission to include civilians at home.
EPA to seek Superfund status for Detrick dump site
The federal Environmental Protection Agency aims to add a dump site at Fort Detrick in Frederick to its list of the nation's most polluted places.
Army won't fund independent study of lab plan
The U.S. Army Medical Command has denied a request by Frederick residents for an independent study of the proposed expansion of biodefense labs at Fort Detrick.
New commander takes charge at USAMRIID
A new commander formally takes charge Tuesday at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick.  Bio-defense research not for all, not HollywoodActor Kevin Spacey's character dies of a deadly virus in the movie "Outbreak" after he stretches his air hose too far and it rips a hole in his protective biohazard suit.
State seeks Superfund status for Fort Detrick dump
Maryland's environmental secretary, hoping to speed the cleanup of ground water tainted by an old Army dump, has asked federal regulators to add the site at Fort Detrick to a list of the nation's most polluted places. |
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