South Carolina plays a vital role in primate research for medical testing, including Yemasee monkey farm Alpha Genesis, who ...

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

These were created in 2002 as part of Australia's first legal responses to terrorism. They were prompted by anthrax attacks ...

Dallas releases top candidates for a new police chief, with finalists undergoing interviews with city, community, and police ...

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 ...

The recent discovery of a caravan full of explosives in Dural, in Sydney's northwest, caused significant fear about the possibility of a mass ...

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 ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

As public health agencies continue to prepare for a future bioterrorism event, the interviews with victims of the anthrax attacks highlight several important limitations to public health actions.

In response to an Air Force request, in 1953 the Chemical Corps created the St Jo Program and operatives staged mock anthrax attacks on St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Winnipeg. The bacteria were ...

During previous crises, including the 9/11-era anthrax attacks, SARS, swine flu and Zika, successive directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held regular news conferences ...