Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Exclusive: CDC to hire lab safety chief after Ebola, bird flu mishaps

A general view of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to hire a chief of laboratory safety, a new post that has taken on more urgency after a CDC scientist was possibly exposed to Ebola in a laboratory last week. Creating a new high-level safety position was a key recommendation of a months-long internal investigation into the mishandling of anthrax and bird flu in CDC labs this past summer, according to an internal CDC memo obtained by Reuters. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-cdc-hire-lab-safety-chief-ebola-bird-060737947.html

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