31.   Two aides to Brokaw at NBC and one to Dan Rather at CBS were listed as having suspected cases of cutaneous anthrax.

32.   Cutaneous anthrax often begins with a bump on the hands, arms or head that eventually turns into a sore and coal-black lesions.

33.   Even without treatment, cutaneous anthrax is fatal in only one case out of four.

34.   Four other cases of cutaneous anthrax have been reported in New York, all linked to news outlets.

35.   That variety, called cutaneous anthrax, results when anthrax spores get through a scratch or other break in the skin and cause a sore.

36.   Two suspected cases of so-called cutaneous anthrax have been reported in Texas this year, both in ranch workers.