Q Fever
Q (or Query) fever is a disease that is caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. The bacterium is passed to humans by contact with infected animals such as sheep, cattle, and goats, which ar...
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Researchers at high-security laboratories might not know how their experiments will turn out, but there's one certainty in their work.They know when the federal inspectors are coming.Officials of t...
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The U.S. government does not conduct surprise inspections of laboratories handling the world's most dangerous organisms and poisons, but regulators said Thursday they may change their tactics.Offic...
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American laboratories handling the world's deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the number is increasing as more labs do the wor...
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Robert O. AndersonROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Robert O. Anderson, whose two-decade tenure as chief executive officer of the Atlantic Richfield Co. included the discovery of North America's largest o...
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