Anthrax vaccines are available for animals and select high-risk individuals, though human vaccines remain limited in availability. The first alert of the outbreak in the DRC this year was issued ...

It has grown from serving the 13 colonies to reaching nearly 169 million addresses and employing more than 635,000 people.

Anthrax spores can cause fatal illness if inhaled and Dugway is a major production and testing facility for the military's chemical and biological defense programs.

Anthrax is a rare but serious illness caused by a spore-forming bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, the statement said, adding that the disease mainly affects livestock and wild animals.

The anthrax used in last October's US mail attacks was treatable, but future strikes could be worse. "Any sophisticated terrorist could easily engineer strains to be resistant to antibiotics ...

Focus on anthrax . Recent events have confirmed that bioterrorism is no longer a threat but a reality. To provide wide-ranging access to the latest scientific information about anthrax and other ...

SINCE THE DEADLY anthrax mailings more than a year ago, the government's public focus has shifted from the crime to measures necessary to combat bioterrorism and make such attacks more difficult ...

During the war, Churchill had ordered British scientists to develop biological weapons fearing the Nazis were doing the same ...