Anthrax is a very rare disease, but it can be serious. Learn about the different kinds of anthrax infections and how to get diagnosed if you think you’ve been exposed to the bacteria.

There are four types of anthrax—cutaneous, injection, inhalation and gastrointestinal—which occur when the bacteria enter through the skin, an injection, are breathed in or are eaten.

At least 50 animals, including cattle and one moose, in Wyoming have died during a recent outbreak of anthrax. However, officials say the current risk to humans is small.

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

In humans, anthrax can cause skin ulcers with a black center and swelling, which can suffocate the patient if it extends to the chest.

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.

Anthrax can be passed from animal to animal or human to human. Cutaneous anthrax occurs when spores enter the body through breaks in exposed skin.

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

In rare cases, person-to-person transmission has been reported with cutaneous anthrax, where discharges from skin lesions might be infectious, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Cutaneous or skin anthrax presents with an itchy bump in the exposed area that develops into a black sore. Some people then get headaches, muscle aches, fever, and vomiting.

China's eastern Shandong province reported five people were infected with anthrax and a beef cattle farm was shut after an outbreak was discovered in the agricultural province.

This is similar to cutaneous anthrax, but the infection begins deeper under the skin or muscle where a drug has been injected. So far, human-to-human transmission of anthrax has not been reported.