An Israeli man who works for NBC in New York and an Israeli woman who was visiting the network’s offices last month were tested for anthrax at Hadassah’s Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. Both underwent the tests after learning that an NBC employee had contracted anthrax poisoning. Both tests were negative.
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