SHAD health care bill advances in U.S. House Sep 16, 2008
Hundreds of servicemen were stationed on tug boats in the Pacific Ocean in the 1960s, where they were sprayed from the air with chemical and biological agents, including rabbit fever, an anthrax-like substance, and nerve gas. The soldiers were inside sealed quarters when hazardous material was sprayed on the boats, but those on board said paper filters designed to prevent material from getting through air ducts often deteriorated. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Nev. Woman Gets 'Rabbit Fever' From Her Cat Aug 28, 2008
Nevada Woman Contracts 'Rabbit Fever' From Her Cat ... Richie Simmons was feeding her cat medication for what had been diagnosed as kidney problems when she contracted tularemia, also known as "rabbit fever," through a cut on her finger. (Fox News)
Francisella Tularensis: Stopping A Biological Weapon Jul 29, 2008
1, 2004) Two teams of researchers, one based in the United States and the other in Europe, have decoded the genetic blueprint of the tularemia (rabbit fever) bacterium, a highly infectious human and animal. . (Science Daily)
Keep ticks at bay Jul 20, 2008
Diseases they commonly carry include Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and rabbit fever (tularemia). Symptoms may include flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, body aches or a rash. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Scientists Unravel Early Infectious Process Of Respiratory Pathogen And Bioterrorism Agent Jul 2, 2008
1, 2004) Two teams of researchers, one based in the United States and the other in Europe, have decoded the genetic blueprint of the tularemia (rabbit fever) bacterium, a highly infectious human and animal. (Apr. (Science Daily)
READERS WRITE Feb 25, 2008
Regarding "Soldiers' murders weren't Reagan's fault" (Letters, Feb. 19): As long as neocons continue to blame Jimmy Carter for everything from double-digit interest rates (set by the Federal Reserve) to rabbit fever and peanut blight, we liberals can saddle the Reagan administration with its "cut-'n'-run" debacle in Beirut. And Reagan's shortsighted firing of legally striking air traffic controllers plagues the nation's airways to this day. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Veterans harmed by secret tests seek compensation, information Dec 16, 2007
Olsen said he and his crew mates first underwent briefing and training, which included experimental vaccinations for diseases such as rabbit fever, and then were sent to Johnston Island, some 700 miles west of Hawaii ... Over four months in early 1965, Olsen said he was on a tugboat that joined four other boats that went out to sea and were sprayed from the air with chemical and biological agents, including rabbit fever and an anthrax-like substance. (Missoulian, MT)
National Guard team trains for emergency response to disasters Dec 1, 2007
Tularemia, or, "Rabbit Fever," as its sometimes known, can be naturally occurring but has also been researched as a weapon by several countries, said Major Robert Payne, of Waynesville, who led the team on the exercise. "In this scenario, it was obviously released by a criminal or terrorist," Payne said. (Waynesille Daily Guide, MO)
Health officials warn residents regarding tick-borne diseases Aug 18, 2007
Also known as "rabbit fever," 21 cases have been reported statewide year-to-date, versus five-year average of 13 through the same period. In Audrain County, through July 30, there has been one reported case this year of ehrlichiosis reported to the Audrain County-City Health Unit. (Mexico Ledger, MO)
GR man tests positive for rabbit fever Aug 2, 2007
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Shield against an invisible threat Jul 18, 2007
Tularemia, also known as "rabbit fever," usually occurs in rural areas and has been reported in all U.S. states except Hawaii. The U.S. has about 124 cases of tularemia a year. (Albany Times Union)
Tick-borne diseases are on the rise, Columbia man learned it can be serious Jul 17, 2007
The lone star tick can transit STARI or Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, tularemia or rabbit fever, and ehrlichiosis. The dog tick can transit tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (Boonville Daily News, MO)
Health Department reports rise in tick-borne diseases Jun 22, 2007
The Health Department said ticks can transmit a number of diseases, including lyme disease and lyme-like disease, bacteria-caused illnesses from an infected deer tick and treatable with antibiotics; ehrlichiosis, a bacterial disease; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a disease that is 97 percent curable, but can be fatal without treatment; and tularemia, also called rabbit fever, a bacterial disease. Moehr said the cases reported in Jasper County have been lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain... (Carthage Press, MO)
Medical waste caused lab fire, BU officials say Apr 27, 2007
Last month's lab fire resulted in no injuries, and city health investigators said no biological material escaped from the lab, which researches tularemia, also known as rabbit fever. But while officials from BU and the Boston Public Health Commission said the university generally responded appropriately to the fire, the school also acknowledged that events leading up to the fire demonstrated shortcomings that are being addressed. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Warning: The ticks are here Apr 8, 2007
Tick bites they feed on blood can cause a variety of infections, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, relapsing fever, rabbit fever and Colorado tick fever. While tick-borne diseases can kill, they usually don't. (Missoulian, MT)
Biomedical lab evacuated Mar 21, 2007
The smoke set off alarms in the ninth-floor lab of BU's Center for Advanced Biomedical Research in the South End, where scientists keep samples of the Francisella tularensis bacterium, which causes what is commonly known as rabbit fever ... They were working on the bacterium that causes rabbit fever, which is contracted through the bite of an infected tick or deer fly or by handling infected animal carcasses, especially rabbits; by eating or drinking contaminated food or water; or by inhaling... (Boston Globe -- Local)
Rapid Flu Tests May Reduce Threat Of Antibiotic Resistance Jan 24, 2007
New tests to rapidly detect the flu are allowing doctors to cut down on the number of hospital patients who receive antibiotics, helping soften the rapidly worsening threat of antibiotic resistance, according to a study to appear in the Feb. 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study was posted online by the journal Jan. 22 because of the importance of the findings to public health. (Science Daily)
Alaskana: Always faithful Jan 1, 2007
I have a big scar on my neck, but I survived that "rabbit fever.". Guy Moyers went to work for the railroad in Fairbanks and somehow heard about our situation. (Anchorage Daily News)
