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

But Dugway's standard procedures for irradiating anthrax "did not account for the variable amounts of spores treated in the gamma cell irradiator," the report noted. The method used "was not ...

In physics terms, radiation is simply energy on the move, carried by waves like sunlight or particles like those released by ...

Scientists Discover How Anthrax Creates Its Deadly Spores Date: December 17, 2003 Source: University Of Michigan Health System Summary: In the age-old battle between man and microbe, it pays to ...

In 1979, at least 64 people died when anthrax spores leaked from a top-secret facility making weapons-grade anthrax, in breach of an international treaty.

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.

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 Federal Reserve Board said yesterday that it had detected anthrax spores in several batches of letters and has sent about 20 pieces of mail to a laboratory for further tests. The suspect ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax, nothing beats the inside of a warm human or animal host for triggering an intense spurt of rapid growth and reproductive activity. But ...