While we likely haven't seen the full ramifications of the deliberate anthrax attacks, it is important to keep in mind other significant health risks out there. They should not be forgotten in ...

As bird flu spreads, and Team Trump begins dismantling America’s public health apparatus, a former FBI scientist and investigator speaks out about the evidence that led the bureau to suspect that ...

Officials worry anthrax could be deployed by non-state actors like terrorist groups, such as through letter attacks, and the ...

Just weeks after the 9/11 attacks, a Florida photo editor for a national tabloid was mysteriously infected with pulmonary anthrax. At first it was believed the anthrax came from a natural source. But ...

The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

The cult also had enlisted Ph.D. scientists to launch biological attacks. Between 1993 and 1995, Aum Shinrikyo tried as many as 10 times to spray botulinum toxin and anthrax in downtown Tokyo.

the manner in which official communications and response efforts were implemented during the anthrax attacks (e.g., changing spokespersons, messages, etc.) compounded potential anxiety and ...

Perhaps someday the military would have a detergent that could be sprayed over people and neutralize an anthrax attack. Another Maxygen contract, for $7.7 million in 1999, focused on developing ...

Alas, the U.S postal service's taxonomic designation of anthrax as "poison in the mail" was still the stuff of headlines in early November, conjuring up images of Snow White biting into an apple laced ...

These were created in 2002 as part of Australia’s first legal responses to terrorism. They were prompted by anthrax attacks and scares in the United States after the September 11 2001 attacks. These ...