In April of that year, patients started appearing at hospitals in the industrial city of Sverdlovsk, now known as ...

Anthrax spores can be potentially fatal if inhaled. So far, there have been no reports of infections from the Dugway mistakes, but 31 people who worked with the specimens have been put on ...

MOSCOW — In the second case of anthrax in the former Soviet Union in a week, Russian experts in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg found spores of the deadly disease in a U.S. diplomatic ...

Like a golf ball, anthrax spores are made of many layers of material, which protect DNA in the core. The spore's tough outer coat is surrounded by a loose-fitting layer called the exosporium.

A leading expert on the large-scale release of anthrax powder said Wednesday there's no safe level of exposure, contradicting many health experts' claim that mass amounts of spores are necessary ...

Scientists seeking the genetic origins of the anthrax unleashed in recent attacks are exploring a scientific shadowland familiar to only a handful of molecular biologists, veterinary medical ...

The anthrax spores themselves do not kill people. They find their way into a person's lungs or gastrointestinal system or skin and germinate there and produce toxins that do the dirty work.

Anthrax spores may survive traditional drinking water disinfection methods and can attach themselves to the inside surface of water pipes, suggesting water treatment facilities should be prepared ...

Anthrax, once in the environment, can be spread about the population when it comes into contact with clothes or shoes. The body of someone who had live Anthrax spores at the time can also spread them.

The anthrax spores that contaminated the air in Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle's office had been treated with a chemical additive so sophisticated that only three nations are thought to ...