41. Better equipment, medicine, improve outlook for inhaled anthrax, 42. But none of the five cases of inhaled anthrax so far have started with nasal congestion or runny nose. 43. But there is no drug formally approved for preventing infection in people exposed to inhaled anthrax. 44. Cipro already has been identified by the Army and by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control as the recommended antibiotic for post-exposure treatment of inhaled anthrax. 45. Closed post offices in New Jersey reopened Tuesday, as did the Manhattan hospital that was closed when a worker died of inhaled anthrax. 46. Contracted inhaled anthrax. 47. Doctors have found that patients with inhaled anthrax may not show a raging fever, for instance. 48. Dr. Julie Gerberding, another CDC official, noted that three others with confirmed cases of inhaled anthrax are stable or improving. 49. Detailed medical reports on the first two victims of inhaled anthrax are being published in medical journals. 50. Eighty percent of inhaled anthrax victims die within days if they go untreated. |