21.   And civilians will get the shots only if they are exposed to the deadly anthrax bacteria, said William Raub, an HHS deputy director for public health preparedness.

22.   And the fear created that Tuesday in September, and stoked by the deadly anthrax sideshow that followed, no longer has Americans jumping at their shadows.

23.   Because of dwindling vaccine supplies, the Pentagon will cut back further on its plan to immunize all troops against the deadly anthrax virus, officials announced Thursday.

24.   Belgian Health Minister, Magda Aelvoet said preliminary tests showed that the powder was not the potentially deadly anthrax virus.

25.   But federal investigators said the DeGERMinator had not been tested or proven to kill deadly anthrax spores.

26.   Iraq on Tuesday denied British claims that it has threatened to smuggle deadly anthrax to the United Kingdom.

27.   Meanwhile, health officials across the country reported more instances of possible bioterrorism as they confirmed additional cases of Americans exposed to potentially deadly anthrax.

28.   Public concern in Israel has risen following the discovery of potentially deadly anthrax spores in several pieces of mail in the United States.

29.   The Defense Intelligence Agency plans to develop small amounts of a potentially more potent variant of the bacterium that causes deadly anthrax, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.

30.   The first two letters went to media organizations with instructions to counteract the deadly anthrax inside.