HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 11 workers at U.S. biological laboratories were reportedly infected with dangerous pathogens from 2004 to 2010.
The agency released the report Tuesday. It was published in the January issue of Applied Biosafety.
The report is the CDC's first analysis of reporting requirements implemented after the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks to track incidents of lost, stolen or released pathogens.
None of the infected lab workers died. The agency says the infection rate was far lower than the rate of general occupational illnesses in scientific research and development facilities.
The CDC says no thefts were reported. It says there was one incident in which a shipment of the fungus responsible for rarely fatal Valley fever was destroyed by a shipping company.
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Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl who was abducted just after midnight on Wednesday.
Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl who was abducted just after midnight on Wednesday.They say 1-year-old Annya Buchannon was in the back of a car that was stolen from the Playskool Daycare on Conley Road in Forest Park.
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Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
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A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
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