Standard anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, which can be contracted through skin contact, ingestion, or inhalation. Its ...

WASHINGTON — Anthrax is becoming a household word, yet there are many questions about how it is contracted and treated and how people are tested for it. Q: What is anthrax? A: Typically a disease of ...

The ninth known case of welder’s anthrax, and the first clinical use of the monoclonal antibody medication obiltoxaximab to ...

At least 50 hippopotamuses and other large wildlife have died from anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park, with carcasses seen floating down a river that eventually empties into ...

While there are still a lot of unanswered questions about whether the cases of anthrax infection in Florida are related to a bioterrorist attack, the deadly disease does occur naturally in the ...

Anthrax, for all the panic it's causing, has killed only one person and infected eight others. But exposure doesn't guarantee disease, and the illness is treatable. The basic facts: What's the ...

WHAT IS ANTHRAX? Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped bacterium that typically appears–when outside a living host–in a dormant state, protected by a hard-shelled spore. Provided it is lodged in rich ...

On September 11, America saw its commercial airplanes turn into weapons of mass destruction. Now, more than 1 month later, Americans are witnessing how something as harmless as an envelope can be ...

AAnthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic lower vertebrates (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, ...