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 ...

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, ...

Oct. 16 -- An old and discarded treatment for anthrax infection could be manufactured in a matter of weeks and help save many lives. The vaccine-like antidote is "anthrax antitoxin." It's cheap to ...

Vaccination with the anthrax capsulea naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the diseaseprotected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to U.S. Army scientists. The ...

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 is a rare but serious infection caused by the bacterium bacillus anthracis. Anthrax, a disease often associated with livestock and rural exposure, has resurfaced in Zimbabwe with over 135 ...

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. While the infection is often treatable in its early stages, once the disease has progressed beyond the “point of no return” ...

Vaccination with the anthrax capsule--a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease--completely protected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to a study ...

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 ...

America's attention has been focused on anthrax breakouts in recent days, and though a connection between the incidents and last month's terrorist attacks has not been established, many are wondering ...

Friday morning, an already anxious public was jolted by news of a fourth case of anthrax, this one found in an unidentified female employee of NBC News in New York City. The disease in this case has ...