Veterinary officials in Lyantonde District have urged livestock farmers to procure their own anthrax vaccines, warning that available government supplies are inadequate as the district battles a ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that ...

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 ...

-- First of two Pivotal Efficacy Studies support future sNDA submission for Treatment of Pulmonary Anthrax -- Oral NUZYRA Tablets Produced in the U.S. as a Result of the Company's Onshoring Initiative ...

The U.S. Postal Service has had only one confirmed incident of the U.S. Mail being used to transport anthrax bacteria Notify your supervisor, who will immediately contact the Inspection Service, local ...

Nearly 80 beef cattle died in Wyoming due to a natural occurrence of anthrax, a bacterial pathogen that can survive in the soil for years or even decades and then spark sporadic outbreaks, often when ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anthrax in 1987. Despite its undeniably raw energy, Anthrax’s debut suffers from a disjointed lineup that includes contributions ...

What is anthrax? Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium. It commonly occurs in wild and domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. It can occur in humans ...

An anthrax case in the Cassia County beef herd poses minimal public risk, according to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture.

It sounds counterintuitive at the moment, but that doesn’t make it any less true: As it stands today, anthrax is not a major public health threat, says Dr. Jon Wesley Boyd, a psychiatrist at Harvard ...