"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 ...

With one death among four confirmed cases of inhalation anthrax and two additional suspicious deaths under investigation, the inhaled form of the disease is proving to be a very real threat in the ...

Carrie Ginder wants to let everyone know that someone infected with anthrax can survive, because she did. But that's not what the doctors who treated her thought would happen when she was diagnosed ...

Vozrozhdeniya Island was a major test site for lethal viruses, plague bacteria, and anthrax spores.

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 ...

An Army testing facility in Utah mistakenly sent live anthrax samples without proper safeguards to as many as 51 commercial companies, academic institutions and federal laboratories, and that total is ...

Though it is difficult to turn anthrax into a weapon of mass destruction, it is quite easy to grow the bacteria in a lab and distribute small quantities piecemeal, even through the mail, experts said ...

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 ...

An expert on biological weapons, she emerged as an influential voice during the F.B.I.’s rocky search for a suspect after the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001.

The U.S. Army research facility that has mistakenly shipped live anthrax to unsuspecting labs in the U.S. and abroad for more than 10 years failed to have effective and standardized procedures for ...