The Federal Reserve Board said yesterday that it had detected anthrax spores in several batches of letters and has sent about 20 pieces of mail to a laboratory for further tests. The suspect letters ...

The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and blood-filled tissues. The bacteria that cause anthrax are called Bacillus ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s first case of anthrax in animals in more than a decade has been confirmed, according to a press release from the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. Multiple cattle and a ...

Before the world had time to get its heads around what had happened in the US on September 11, a new wave of terror hit the States when letters containing fatal ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirmed the state’s first anthrax case in animals in more than a decade in Kittson County, affecting cattle and a horse. ST. PAUL — Anthrax, a potentially fatal ...

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 ...

Do you really know what a spore is? Did you know that a spore, like anthrax spores, can survive, perhaps thousands of years, just waiting to spring back to life? Dr. Stephen Libby, a microbiologist at ...

The theory about how the country’s anthrax attack unfolded last month seemed pretty plausible. Yes, the story had loose ends, but the basic idea was that anyone who’d come down with the disease had ...

Now is the time for livestock producers to get their animals vaccinated against anthrax. "Conditions this year are conducive to the development of anthrax," warns Charlie Stoltenow, North Dakota State ...