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NewsOctober 12, 2001

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An employee of NBC in New York has tested positive for anthrax, the network said Friday. The FBI and CDC are investigating. The anthrax is not the same respiratory anthrax that killed a Florida man, NBC News said in a statement. The employee tested positive for a cutaneous -- skin -- anthrax infection. The employee, a woman who was not identified, has received treatment and is responding well, the network said...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An employee of NBC in New York has tested positive for anthrax, the network said Friday. The FBI and CDC are investigating.

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The anthrax is not the same respiratory anthrax that killed a Florida man, NBC News said in a statement.

The employee tested positive for a cutaneous -- skin -- anthrax infection. The employee, a woman who was not identified, has received treatment and is responding well, the network said.

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