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CDC ripped on anthrax response U.S. health unit too slow in D.C. postal case, Harkin says
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ATLANTA--The nation's public health agency faced harsh criticism
in Washington on Tuesday from lawmakers who suggested "people are
dying" because of a breakdown in its response to the anthrax attacks.
Senators said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
whose doctors are the nation's front line against bioterror, was too
slow to test workers at a Washington postal station that handled an
anthrax-laced letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
"I am very concerne...
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