Researchers from Harvard Medical School have discovered that the body's immune system initially detects the presence of anthrax spores by recognizing RNA molecules that coat the spores' surface. But ...

Scientists have demonstrated that modifying an enzyme produced by the bacterium that causes anthrax can protect mice from infection with the deadly disease. Their findings suggest a potential ...

WASHINGTON (KRT) ­ A Washington, D.C., postal worker was in serious but stable condition Sunday after being diagnosed with a pulmonary infection caused by inhaled anthrax, adding a ninth victim to the ...

There are four types of anthrax infection: cutaneous (through the skin), inhalation (through the lungs; the most deadly), gastrointestinal (through digestion) and injection anthrax. Injection anthrax ...

Nevada, New York and Florida in recent weeks have put doctors on a heightened alert for spotting symptoms of exposure to anthrax spores. And with the symptoms of an inhalation anthrax infection ...

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 ...

Several animals have been found dead due to infection by anthrax in Wyoming. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced on September 3 that a dead moose had tested positive for anthrax in Carbon ...

A drug user has died after being infected with anthrax, health experts said. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said a person who injected heroin died in hospital in Blackpool. The news comes just ...

Anthrax is an infectious bacterial disease endemic in some parts of Africa. It affects people, livestock as well as wildlife. Using GPS telemetry data, a team of scientists from the Cheetah Research ...

Despite the terrifying reputation of anthrax, infections of the bacteria on the skin are rarely fatal and most people get better even without treatment. The most feared use of anthrax as a ...

Hippopotamus aren’t the first thing that come to mind when considering epidemiology and disease ecology. And yet these amphibious megafauna offered UC Santa Barbara ecologist Keenan Stears a window ...

The pitching staff that led the Ducks to a Women’s College World Series appearance last season remains largely intact in 2026, with promising... The rankings are in. Oregon acrobatics and tumbling ...