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Louis Pasteur is buried in an elaborate mausoleum at the Institute Pasteur in Paris where mosaic tiles on the tomb commemorate various aspects of the great man's scientific life.

They used to call it “wool sorter’s disease” or “hide-porter’s disease” because the affliction struck workers who spun wool or carried animal skins.

The answer is in the soil: a ubiquitous, spore-forming bacteria called Bacillus anthracis. B.

In December, BARDA (the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which is part of HHS)

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A recent

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