--- title: CDC: Anthrax Exposure May Have Affected 75 Staffers description: About 75 lab workers in Atlanta may have been infected with Anthrax, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. canonical: https://time.com/2902415/cdc-anthrax-atlanta/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-19T20:58:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:31:43.931Z article:section: Health og:title: CDC: Anthrax Exposure May Have Affected 75 Staffers og:description: About 75 lab workers in Atlanta may have been infected with Anthrax, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. og:url: https://time.com/2902415/cdc-anthrax-atlanta/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f8c0f29ba482202/698698761eebf7729f371871/anthrax.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3645 og:image:height: 2050 og:image:alt: Anthrax Bacterium og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: CDC: Anthrax Exposure May Have Affected 75 Staffers twitter:description: About 75 lab workers in Atlanta may have been infected with Anthrax, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f8c0f29ba482202/698698761eebf7729f371871/anthrax.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # CDC: 86 Lab Workers Possibly Infected with Anthrax > Sponsored content. 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The unintentional exposure was discovered on June 13 and “out of an abundance of caution” the CDC is providing antibiotics to the potentially exposed staff, according to a press statement from CDC. The government agency said that it does not believe family members or the general public are at risk. CDC said that an investigation is ongoing but early reports indicate that “CDC expert protocols were not followed.” The statement says a sample of anthrax used in a high-level biosafety lab was not properly inactivated before it was moved to labs that were not equipped to handle live anthrax. 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