With the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) “super bugs” the need for new bactericidal approaches is growing in urgency. Compounding the threat of MDR, is the rise of antibiotic resistance in ...

WHAT IS ANTHRAX? Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped bacterium that typically appears–when outside a living host–in a dormant state, protected by a hard-shelled spore. Provided it is lodged in rich ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture has received confirmation of an anthrax positive in a beef herd in Cassia County.

Idaho State Veterinarian, Dr. Scott Leibsle, says the Idaho State Department of Agriculture is working with producers and ...

What you need to know: Farmers in the affected areas have welcomed the vaccination exercise, expressing relief after weeks of anxiety and economic uncertainty. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal ...

POCATELLO — Health officials are administering preventive treatment to individuals in northern Utah after the detection of anthrax bacterium in a cow that originated in Idaho, amid additional confirme ...

Anthrax, which is present in many soils, can come out of dormancy and cause sudden death in livestock. Although most picture the white powder developed in a laboratory and associated with the 2001 ...

In an effort to combat bioterrorism, scientists in South Korea have trained artificial intelligence to speedily spot anthrax. The new technique is not 100 percent accurate yet, but it’s orders of ...

Why anthrax? From the start of the modern era of bioweaponry, Bacillus anthracis has held a unique appeal for those seeking to militarize microbes. Although Japan's Air Force scattered millions of ...

While there are still a lot of unanswered questions about whether the cases of anthrax infection in Florida are related to a bioterrorist attack, the deadly disease does occur naturally in the ...

For many years, emergency service terrorism training programs have warned about the potential use of biological materials by terrorists. Anthrax threats had become the bomb threats of the late 1990s ...