Anthrax—a bacterial disease with dangerous potential as a biological or bioterrorist weapon—is spreading at an alarming rate in Zambia and a handful of nearby African countries, the World Health ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that ...

Oct. 16 -- An old and discarded treatment for anthrax infection could be manufactured in a matter of weeks and help save many lives. The vaccine-like antidote is "anthrax antitoxin." It's cheap to ...

What is anthrax? Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium. It commonly occurs in wild and domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. It can occur in humans ...

Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials received confirmation of anthrax in a steer, on a premises in Briscoe County ...

Anthrax, which is present in many soils, can come out of dormancy and cause sudden death in livestock. Although most picture the white powder developed in a laboratory and associated with the 2001 ...

It sounds counterintuitive at the moment, but that doesn’t make it any less true: As it stands today, anthrax is not a major public health threat, says Dr. Jon Wesley Boyd, a psychiatrist at Harvard ...

BRISCOE COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — Officials confirm a Texas steer to be the first case of anthrax this year. Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials confirmed anthrax, a bacterial disease, in a ...

Anthrax may be responsible for the deaths of two Washington-area postal workers who passed away recently, government officials announced Monday. Thirteen postal employees at the Brentwood mail ...

Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that kills without question if its toxins reach a host's cells. A new treatment developed by ...