CDC says more lab workers may have been exposed to anthrax

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CDC says more lab workers may have been exposed to anthrax

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-cdc-says-more-lab-workers-may-exposed-204142919.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ss8SujKH0otDDWPaxm7PuA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-06-20T215329Z_2_LYNXMPEA5J0Y4_RTROPTP_2_USA-ANTHRAX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A microscopic picture of spores and vegetative cells of Bacillus anthracis which causes the disease anthrax" align="left" title="A microscopic picture of spores and vegetative cells of Bacillus anthracis which causes the disease anthrax" border="0" /></a>By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities increased to 84 people their count of government workers potentially exposed to live anthrax at three laboratories in Atlanta as they investigated a breach in safety procedures for handling the deadly pathogen. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of lab workers who may have been exposed rose from the 75 people first disclosed on Thursday. As of early Friday, 32 staff were taking the powerful antibiotic ciprofloxacin, or Cipro, and 20 were taking another antibiotic called doxycycline, CDC press officer Benjamin Haynes said in a statement. No illnesses have been reported, but the agency expects more people to step forward now that news of the anthrax scare is public.</p><br clear="all"/>

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