Beyond the Breach
FREDERICK — During a two-week period in April four years ago, officials at the Army’s lead biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick discovered an…
FREDERICK — Employee error continues to cause many potential agent exposures at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease…
FREDERICK– The Army’s lead biodefense laboratory amped up its safety and security measures after an April 2002 breach in containment revealed …
FREDERICK -- Members of the Frederick community both praised and criticized The Frederick News-Post's "Beyond the Breach" series published Sun…
FREDERICK – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has not yet identified the person guilty of the 2001 anthrax letter mailings to Sens. Tom Dasc…
A stack of 161 Biological Defense Mishap reports provided to The Frederick News-Post under the Freedom Of Information Act included a range of …
Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that forms spores, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From start to finish, we trace the steps in Fort Detrick's 2002 anthrax breach and detail USAMRIID's rapid response
Four years ago this month, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases discovered anthrax spores outside of the containment area.
James W. Martin, shows one of the heavy, air tight, doors in the quarantine unit known as the "slammer" at Fort Detrick.
Pvt. Nick Shobe donned a Chemturion-brand full body protective suit during a tour of the BSL-4 patient care containment suite at USAMRIID rece…
Numerous cautionary signs adorn a door to a BSL-3 lab at USAMRIID.
USAMRIID Bio Security manager Dr. Catherine Wilhelmsen demonstrates one of the heavy, air tight, doors in the quarantine unit known as the "sl…
William Henry Main Jr., who lives on Military Road, has been a neighbor of Fort Detrick since 1953. His house overlooks Detrick near the old PX.
Detailed findings of the contamination of USAMRIID Building 1425.
Area surveys conducted in the bacteriology division for B. anthracis April 15-18, 2002.
Department of the Army memo concerning anthrax contamination in building 1425 (April 29, 2002).
Memo regarding possible anthrax exposure (Nov. 26, 2001).
A sworn statement concerning a possible anthrax exposure. Pay particular attention to the first answer (A1) to the seventh question on the sec…
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