To examine the anthrax cases in Florida and New York, Margaret Warner talks to Dr. Philip Brachman, Emory professor and former member of the CDC's Anthrax Investigation Program. And for more on ...

Despite the terrifying reputation of anthrax, infections of the bacteria on the skin are rarely fatal and most people get better even without treatment. The most feared use of anthrax as a ...

Seven years ago Americans learned to fear anthrax as a white powder in the mail that claimed lives, forced the post office to change the way it handles letters and sparked contamination scares across ...

The ABC employee's child who has cutaneous anthrax originally received a diagnosis of spider bite. Few US clinicians have ever seen a case of cutaneous anthrax. While it is common in developing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials investigated how a New Jersey woman who does not work for the postal service developed skin anthrax and doctors in New York City were monitoring a suspected case of the ...

Human and animal health authorities should remind at-risk populations of the following prevention measures when animal cases are first identified. During animal outbreaks of anthrax, persons who ...

Spores carrying the disease find their way into the body most often through the lungs or breaks in the skin HOW IT IS MOST OFTEN CONTRACTED INHALATION –INCUBATION It generally takes two to five days ...

Since the first case of bioterrorism-related anthrax surfaced in Florida about a month ago, 16 more cases have been confirmed in Washington, Florida, New Jersey and New York City—and traces of the ...

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 ...

Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Post employee has contracted skin anthrax, a television station affiliated with the newspaper reported Friday. The woman had been tested with 10 ...

AAnthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic lower vertebrates (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, ...