| A worker at the Washington post office that handles all mail delivered in the capital was infected with a dangerous form of anthrax, health officials said today. The diagnosis comes a day after anthrax bacteria was also detected in a building that processes mail for the House of Representatives. The worker sought treatment for respiratory difficulties and flulike symptoms at the emergency room of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., near his home, on Friday afternoon, said Steven Brown, the hospital's administrator. This morning, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention diagnosed his condition as inhalation anthrax, saying anthrax spores had lodged in his lungs. |