Should we be stockpiling antibiotics at home for an anthrax attack? The FDA is considering it.

by Meghann Myers | Apr 12, 2012 | Science + Technology, Topics

WASHINGTON — More than 10 years after mailed envelopes of anthrax spores sent the nation into a panic, the federal government hasn’t stopped planning for another bioterrorism attack. The Food and Drug Administration is weighing the possibility of developing a...

Biotech firms urge fast renewal of laws to speed FDA drug approval

by Meghann Myers | Apr 10, 2012 | Science + Technology, Topics

WASHINGTON — Nearly 90,000 Maryland jobs come from the state’s 400 biotechnology companies so when a senior Democrat on the Senate committee looking into industry regulations asks for a meeting, local businesses are the first to the table. Sen. Barbara Mikulski,...

American teens learning less about sexual health, and it shows

by Meghann Myers | Apr 5, 2012 | Science + Technology, Topics

  WASHINGTON — Only 39 percent of Alaskan public high schools provide students with information about condom use, which might explain why Levi Johnston’s latest girlfriend is unexpectedly pregnant. In a report released Thursday, the Centers for Disease...

FDA to research prescription anthrax treatments

by Meghann Myers | Apr 4, 2012 | National Security, Science + Technology

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Weapons of mass destruction may have faded from the national discussion of public health threats but the U.S. government continues to plan strategies to fight bioterrorism attacks on U.S. soil. The Federal Drug Administration’s...