Anthrax vaccine administered in combination with a short course of antibiotics completely protected nonhuman primates from inhalational anthrax, the most lethal form of the disease, according to ...

Confirmed antibacterial efficacy against a variety of anthrax strains including the one used in the 2001 anthrax attack Provides the most potent bactericidal ability that no other PEP antibiotics in ...

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 ...

LONDON, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GlaxoSmithKline plc [LSE/NYSE: GSK] announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved raxibacumab for the treatment of adult and ...

WASHINGTON – Officials confirmed anthrax today as the cause of death in two local postal workers, the latest victims in the nation’s bioterrorism scare. A mail employee was hospitalized in New Jersey, ...

A small group of molecules has been shown to inhibit a deadly toxin associated with inhalational anthrax, a discovery that could lead to new ways of treating the disease, researchers said Monday.

To examine the anthrax cases in Florida and New York, Margaret Warner talks to Dr. Philip Brachman, Emory professor and former member of the CDC's Anthrax Investigation Program. And for more on ...

Inhalational anthrax caused by Bacillus anthracis is associated with high mortality primarily due to toxin-mediated injury. Raxibacumab is a human IgG1λ monoclonal antibody directed against protective ...

Anthrax starts at the supermarket -- anthrax surveillance, that is. Statisticians at Carnegie Mellon University suggest that tracking sales of over-the-counter cough medicines could give public-health ...

Susan Dentzer reports on new concerns surrounding the anthrax threat. A case of anthrax was confirmed in New York City today, and it deepened concerns about possible use of anthrax by terrorists. Our ...