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 ...

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

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 ...

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 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.

Seven days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, anonymous letters laced with deadly anthrax spores began arriving at media companies and congressional offices. Here, a chronology ...