Standard anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, which can be contracted through skin contact, ingestion, or inhalation. Its ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Cleanup crews pumped toxic chlorine dioxide gas into the Hart Senate Office Building for much of the day Saturday in an attempt to kill all traces of anthrax contamination left ...

Officials confirm a Texas steer to be the first case of anthrax this year. Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials ...

The ninth known case of welder’s anthrax, and the first clinical use of the monoclonal antibody medication obiltoxaximab to ...

The Texas Animal Health Commission reported that it received confirmation of anthrax in a steer in Briscoe County.

BRISCOE COUNTY, Texas (KFDA) - Regulators said today they found the deadly disease in a steer in Briscoe County in late ...

The anthrax cleanup at the Longworth House Office Building has been completed, but it will take about a week to renovate the offices to make the sure the building is habitable, said Capitol Hill ...

Emergent BioSolutions received a $21.5 million order to supply anthrax vaccinations to the Defense Department. The medical countermeasures manufacturer said Thursday that the order is under its ...

Remember the anthrax scare? It was about four weeks after 9/11. Letters laced with powdery spores of the deadly bacteria were mailed through the U.S. postal system. In all, five people died, 17 fell ...

The type of anthrax currently making the rounds of New York media outlets is contracted by touching the spores. It is easily treated with antibiotics and rarely kills. The inhaled form, as seen in ...