With the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) support in the form of $5.5 million for the base period ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook At this moment, the naturally occurring biological weapon, anthrax, lies dormant all over the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Anthrax arrived in September for the first time in 2023 when it was confirmed in a cattle herd in Ziebach County. South Dakota State Veterinarian Dr. Beth Thompson said ...

Rockville, MD – Scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and collaborators have deciphered the genome of the notorious Ames strain of the bacterium that causes anthrax, Bacillus ...

The newly described bacterium is of significance in terms of environment, ecology and animal health. There is also the possibility that the organism could cause harm to people. The scientists behind ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The 2016 Siberian Anthrax outbreak wasn’t just a freak ...

After mail laced with anthrax showed up on Capitol Hill in 2001, things started to feel different. “You picked it up and it was all crinkly and crispy,” says Jim Manley of the letters he got after ...

Anthrax is an infectious bacterial disease endemic in some parts of Africa. It affects people, livestock as well as wildlife. Using GPS telemetry data, a team of scientists reconstructed a special ...