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

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

A health worker prepares the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine in the city of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil - Copyright AFP/File Ricardo ARDUENGO A health worker ...

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 ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease, with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year, the World ...

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, which is present in many soils, can come out of dormancy and cause sudden death in livestock. Although most picture the white powder developed in a laboratory and associated with the 2001 ...

Scientists have identified the shape and features of the third protein that allows the anthrax bacillus to do its deadly work. While scientists have long been aware of the existence of the three ...

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 ...

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, ...