The U.S. Department of Defense is looking into possible
mishandling of bubonic plague and equine encephalitis samples at its
laboratories, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.
The new inquiry
is part of an investigation into the mishandling of anthrax at Department of
Defense labs, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said.
The department
hasn't determined whether samples containing plague bacteria and specimens of
the deadly virus were shipped from its labs, Cook said.
He said the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined there is no risk to
health workers or the public.
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