With the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) support in the form of $5.5 million for the base period ...

Anthrax might be more commonly thought of as a bioterrorist weapon, bringing to mind white envelopes and government buildings. But Wyoming officials warned residents on Wednesday that there’s an ...

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 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Several animals have been found dead due to infection by anthrax in Wyoming. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department ...

Despite the germ's terrifying reputation, anthrax infections on the skin are rarely fatal, and most people get better even without treatment. The most feared use of anthrax as a bioterrorist's weapon ...

— -- On March 6, 2002, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a health hazard evaluation from the director of Laboratory A to assist in the ...

The Ministry of Health has announced that there are currently no confirmed human cases of anthrax in Bulgaria following the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government mail carriers would deliver emergency supplies of antibiotics to people in U.S. cities in the case of an anthrax attack, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

Vaccination with the anthrax capsule--a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease--completely protected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to a study ...

The disease has been connected to the deaths of animals at Virunga National Park in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo Virunga National Park/Handout via REUTERS Anthrax has been connected to ...