With the new year comes a new report of a deadly, puzzling infectious disease. In a January 1 case study, health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state of ...
Anthrax—a bacterial disease with dangerous potential as a biological or bioterrorist weapon—is spreading at an alarming rate in Zambia and a handful of nearby African countries, the World Health ...
The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and blood-filled tissues. As a public health researcher, I am fascinated by how ...
Only a fraction of the presumed cases in five countries have led to positive tests for anthrax. Some scientists say other causes cannot yet be ruled out. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli ...