Unidentified volunteers participate in an anthrax attack drill to assess the city's ability to quickly distribute medications to large numbers of New Yorkers at Marta Valle Secondary School in New York, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. In case of a public health emergency or outbreak of disease, sites like the Marta Valle Secondary School would be used as hubs for distribution of antibiotics or other medications and vaccines. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

Unidentified volunteers participate in an anthrax attack drill to assess the city's ability to quickly distribute medications to large numbers of New Yorkers at Marta Valle Secondary School in New York, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. In case of a public health emergency or outbreak of disease, sites like the Marta Valle Secondary School would be used as hubs for distribution of antibiotics or other medications and vaccines.

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  1. A Haz Tac, Hazardous Material Tactical Unit, fire department vehicle stands in front of a building where the UK mission to the UN has its offices in New York, November 10, 2009. The UK mission and four other missions to the UN received letters containing white powder sparking an anthrax scare. Besides the UK, the German, Uzbekistan, French and Austrian missions or consulates also received the suspicious postings.

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