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Article: PILLS, CAUTION FIGHT ANTHRAX.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- October 25, 2001
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Byline: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans taking anthrax-fighting antibiotics at the government's urging is nearing 10,000, with inspectors finding more of the deadly bacterium in a Senate office building.
Meanwhile, the postal service prepared to issue masks and gloves for its 800,000 employees and was testing ways to sterilize the nation's mail.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokeswoman Kay Golan said the number of people the government now has taking Cipro or other antibiotics against anthrax was ''approaching 10,000,'' although she said a precise number was not known. Uncounted others have obtained the ...