Anthrax hits the media
A summary of media employees infected by anthrax
(compiled from various news reports)

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims

New York Post
A letter postmarked in Trenton, N.J. on Sept. 18 was sent to the New York Post and tested positive for anthrax. Officials said as many as 10 people may have come into contact with the anthrax. See the photo of the letter and the photo of the envelope.

On Sept. 22, Johanna Hudeen, an editorial page assistant at New York Post who opens letters to the editor, noticed a blister on her finger. On Oct. 19 the New York Post announced that she has skin anthrax.

On Oct. 24, the New York Post said a mail room employee developed symptoms consistent with skin anthrax and is being tested for infection. "This morning, a New York Post employee came forward with symptoms consistent with cutaneous anthrax," the paper said in a statement. "The employee was already being treated with antibiotics and is expected to make a full recovery."

On Nov. 2, the CDC confirmed that Mark Cunningham, an editor on the editorial page who worked in the same area as Johanna Huden, was diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax. Cunningham was treated with Cipro.

American Media, Inc.
On Sept. 30, Bob Stevens, a photo editor at supermarket tabloid The Sun in Boca Raton, Fla., started to feel ill. The next day, Ernesto Blanco, mailroom employee at American Media Inc., publisher of The Sun, was admitted to a hospital with heart problems. Stevens died on Oct. 5 from inhaled anthrax. Ernesto Blanco was released from the hospital on Oct. 23.

NBC News
A letter postmarked in Trenton, N.J. on Sept. 18 was sent to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw and tested positive for anthrax. Erin O'Connor, one of Brokaw's assistants, noticed a lesion on Sept. 28. On Oct. 12, officials reveal that she developed skin anthrax after opening a letter. On Oct. 25, officials said a second desk assistant at NBC may have gotten skin anthrax from touching the same letter.
See the photo of the letter and the photo of the envelope.

CBS News
Traces of anthrax were found in anchorman Dan Rather's office. Claire Fletcher, 27, who opens his mail, began taking penicillin on Oct. 4. She tested positive for skin anthrax on Oct. 18.

ABC News
The 7-month-old son of an ABC News producer in New York developed skin anthrax after visiting the newsroom on Sept. 28. He took antibiotics and recovered.

The New Yorker
A 24-year-old assistant who opens mail at The New Yorker developed skin anthrax. He noticed a skin lesion on Sept. 23 and took antibiotics on his own.

Daily Jang newspaper, Pakistan
In Pakistan, white powder in a letter received Oct. 23 by the Daily Jang newspaper tested positive for anthrax. The reporter who opened the letter was put on antibiotics along with dozens of other staff members, though none showed any sign of anthrax symptoms. Editorial offices on one floor of the newspaper were closed the week of Nov. 2 and signs reading ``Anthrax Zone'' were taped to the doors. Employees in other parts of the building wore plastic gloves and surgical masks.