Since the first case of bioterrorism-related anthrax surfaced in Florida about a month ago, 16 more cases have been confirmed in Washington, Florida, New Jersey and New York City—and traces of the ...

Authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET outline progress in the ability to rapidly detect anthrax inhalation in the event of bioterrorist attacks. Limiting the effects of a ...

There are four types of anthrax infection: cutaneous (through the skin), inhalation (through the lungs; the most deadly), gastrointestinal (through digestion) and injection anthrax. Injection anthrax ...

The theory about how the country’s anthrax attack unfolded last month seemed pretty plausible. Yes, the story had loose ends, but the basic idea was that anyone who’d come down with the disease had ...

AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- One anthrax victim was released from a New Jersey hospital Monday, another mourned in the Bronx as the nation struggled to overcome an attack of bioterrorism. With ...

WASHINGTON -- Doctors in New York City were monitoring a suspected case of inhalation anthrax in a hospital worker, and a New Jersey woman who handled mail at her job was diagnosed with skin anthrax ...

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