A teenager training to be a welder contracted a rare and dangerous lung infection, prompting a combined state and federal investigation.

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 ...

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...

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 ...

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. While the infection is often treatable in its early stages, once the disease has progressed beyond the “point of no return” ...

Vaccination with the anthrax capsulea naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the diseaseprotected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to U.S. Army scientists. The ...

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 ...

A look at the evolutionary war of adaptation between viruses and bacteria. — -- Anthrax may be the baddest bacteria on the block, but anthrax gets sick, too. Just like you, bacteria get the bug, ...

America's attention has been focused on anthrax breakouts in recent days, and though a connection between the incidents and last month's terrorist attacks has not been established, many are wondering ...

Studies of how people get anthrax are based mostly on studies of primates. One statistic often cited is that it takes thousands of anthrax spores to cause a case of inhaled anthrax. But some ...

Anthrax is one of the world's oldest afflictions, a scourge known throughout history for its ability to cripple and kill -- an old and hated enemy, as horrifying in ancient times as it is today in the ...