Typically, there is no crime involved in anthrax transmission. About 2,000 people worldwide contract anthrax annually through the skin, most from handling contaminated wool, hides or leather.

About the possibility of anthrax being used in terrorist attacks.

Areas contaminated with anthrax lure grazing animals like zebras and wildebeest, which could lead to new rounds of infections, researchers say.

The Cantacuzino National Institute for Medical-Military Research confirmed on Thursday evening, July 10, two cases of anthrax ...

Anthrax, which is present in many soils, can come out of dormancy and cause sudden death in livestock.

A deadly anthrax outbreak at a popular vacation destination has claimed one life and hospitalized four others, triggering a public health warning. Authorities in Thailand reported that a 53-year ...

Hippos eat meat more than had been thought, a practice that could explain their susceptibility to anthrax die-offs when they consume infected animals.

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of ...

Better prediction of the emergence, spread and evolution of the environmentally transmitted pathogen that causes anthrax is the focus of a National Science Foundation award to the University at ...

Recent reports from Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reveal a concerning outbreak of anthrax, resulting in the deaths of at least 50 hippopotamuses and other large animals ...

Anthrax literally cuts the gas line. The toxin works like a pair of scissors, snipping off the ends of a key protein and preventing the transmission of messages within the cell.

Outbreaks of anthrax, considered a likely candidate for a bioterrorist attack, have surged in African countries like Zambia and Kenya and the WHO warns the deadly disease could spread further.