They used to call it “wool sorter’s disease” or “hide-porter’s disease” because the affliction struck workers who spun wool ...

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 ...

The information is contained in a memorandum prepared by experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies who studied a Florida doctor's treatment of hijacker Ahmed Ibrahim A. Al ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A rancher in southwest Texas was linked to an “unusual winter case of anthrax” following the butchering of an infected lamb in December 2023. According to a report from the U.S.

The ABC employee's child who has cutaneous anthrax originally received a diagnosis of spider bite. Few US clinicians have ever seen a case of cutaneous anthrax. While it is common in developing ...

At one point last week, it began to look as if the anthrax mailings might have an al-Qaeda connection after all. For one thing, military sources confirmed that anthrax traces had been found in several ...

A New Jersey woman who developed skin anthrax may have become infected by handling a letter that arrived at her office after passing through a contaminated postal facility, which could mark the first ...