CDC resumes tuberculosis lab transfers halted after anthrax mishap

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CDC resumes tuberculosis lab transfers halted after anthrax mishap

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cdc-resumes-tuberculosis-lab-transfers-halted-anthrax-mishap-171829906.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FNYgHQD0fhqmwTo.02sQrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-24T171829Z_1_LYNXMPEA6N0U9_RTROPTP_2_USA-ANTHRAX-SCARE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Centers for Disease Control Biotechnology Core Facility (Building 23) is shown in Atlanta" align="left" title="Centers for Disease Control Biotechnology Core Facility (Building 23) is shown in Atlanta" border="0" /></a>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday lifted a moratorium on transfers of inactivated materials from its clinical tuberculosis laboratory, after a bioterror lab mishap last month potentially exposed workers to live anthrax, prompting the halt of transfers from other high-containment labs. The tuberculosis lab, which last year processed more than 500 specimens from around the United States, is the first of the CDC's high-containment labs to be cleared to resume transfers of biological materials. Its other such labs remain on hold, the CDC said. The CDC also announced on Thursday the members of a new panel of independent experts who will advise CDC's director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, on safety issues and corrective actions for the agency's labs.</p><br clear="all"/>

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