Child of ABC Employee Gets Anthrax
By RON FOURNIER
AP White House Corresponent
WASHINGTON - A child of an ABC News employee has been tested positive for anthrax, two officials said Monday.
The officials, both familiar with the investigation, said the child is being treated with antibiotics and is expected to recover. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
The anthrax diagnosed in the child is the type that is absorbed through cuts or scratches in the skin, not the more dangerous inhaled variety, the sources said.
The child had recently visited the ABC newsroom in New York, probably on Sept. 28, the source said.
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police officials were at ABC News on Monday evening, officials said.
Separately, police are investigating a letter that infected an NBC employee in New York last week.
The child's condition became public shortly after Florida health officals said a second empoyee of a supermarket tabloid in the state has the inhaled form of anthrax.
Ernesto Blanco, 73, was making good progress, Florida officials said.
Also on Monday, a letter initially testing positive for anthrax was discovered in the offices of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
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