Monday 10 September 2012

Britain warns heroin users after second anthrax death

To match Special Report ANTIBIOTICS/ LONDON (Reuters) - British health authorities warned heroin users on Monday that the drug may be contaminated with anthrax after a second addict died of the infection in Blackpool, northwest England, within four weeks. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said it presumed the source was contaminated heroin and that it was not clear whether the British cases were directly linked to eight other cases in Europe since early June. "This could be a source of infection if injected, smoked or snorted ... ...




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