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As the U.S. hunts for germ weapons in Iraq, world health officials scramble to stop a fatal mystery disease that spreads like the common cold.
By Arthur Allen
April 2, 2003
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When bison wander from Yellowstone National Park, they fall prey to Montana gunmen -- unless they're rescued by a motley band of eco-warriors.
By Arthur Allen
March 28, 2002
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The bioethics czar's new right-hand man is passionately opposed to abortion, public schools, federal taxes and Democrats.
By Arthur Allen
November 30, 2001
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Barely 25 years after a public health crusade eradicated the disease, scientists are gearing up to defeat it again. But should everyone get vaccinated?
By Arthur Allen
November 12, 2001
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A federal panel debates making the controversial drug, now restricted to the military, available more widely.
By Arthur Allen
November 2, 2001
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A pre-Gulf War study showed that a combination treatment of antibiotics and vaccination is the best way to fight anthrax. So why is the government relying on one drug?
By Arthur Allen
October 26, 2001
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After two post office employees die from anthrax, Cipro is handed out to more than 2,000 D.C. mail workers.
By Arthur Allen
October 24, 2001
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As suspected bioterror incidents are reported from Oregon to New York, medical experts fear the nation is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
By Arthur Allen
October 13, 2001
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As scientists unveil the human genome findings, it turns out we have a lot fewer genes than we'd thought, and not many more than a fruit fly.
By Arthur Allen
February 13, 2001
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The HHS nominee supports it, but right-to-lifers want it stopped.
By Arthur Allen
December 29, 2000
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With fears mounting that global climate change may cause the dreaded disease to spread, scientists turn their attention to vaccine research.
By Arthur Allen
December 15, 2000
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October 31, 2000
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Fearing sickness and debilitation, startling numbers of American troops are refusing to take mandatory anthrax vaccinations.
By Arthur Allen
October 27, 2000
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October 25, 2000
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After eight dispiriting years of Clinton-Gore, frustrated green groups are targeting corporations instead.
By Arthur Allen
October 23, 2000
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The presidential candidates have not widely touted their plans to deal with drug abuse. Is it because of their own suspect histories?
By Arthur Allen
October 12, 2000
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Does National Institute on Drug Abuse chief Alan Leshner push propaganda over science in his close coordination with drug czar Barry McCaffrey?
By Arthur Allen
October 10, 2000
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A lawsuit blaming the nation's most prominent
bioethicist for the death of an
18-year-old prompts a reexamination of the field.
By Arthur Allen
September 28, 2000
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A recent report urges America to pour $13 billion into preventing disease-based warfare, but evidence suggests that our fears are misplaced.
By Arthur Allen
September 12, 2000
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September 6, 2000
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Gen. Barry McCaffrey drives his government office like a lockstep battalion, but some contend his ruthless schedule and egomaniacal ways are only hurting his effort to bring sanity to America's drug policy.
By Arthur Allen
August 30, 2000
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Why are we hearing about a successful hand transplant two years after the fact? Maybe because the field's first poster child turned out to be a criminal who couldn't afford his meds.
By Arthur Allen
August 24, 2000
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Are doctors shilling for drug companies?
By Arthur Allen
August 18, 2000
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"Secret and Lies" by Lesli Mitchell; "A Recipe for Disaster" by Arthur Allen
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August 4, 2000
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July 25, 2000
Death by sneezing
Buffalo soldiers
The scramble for the smallpox vaccine
In Cipro we trust?
Anthrax attack -- or panic attack?
Will Thompson, Bush clash over human embryo research?
Warming to malaria
A cure worse than the disease?
Gore or Bush? Who cares? Not environmentalists
Drug war politics
The drug war's Tweedledee
Bioethics comes of age
The battle over bio-terror
Portrait of a drug czar
Handicapped
Tainted alliances
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