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

The World Health Organization (WHO) actively responds to anthrax epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

The most common form is anthrax of the skin, when spores get into cuts or scratches, leading to black bumpy sores, headaches, muscle aches, fever and vomiting.

Cutaneous anthrax, the most common form, occurs following direct contact with infected animals, carcasses, animal tissues, parts or products, reports the Mirror.

None of these were the cutaneous anthrax but instead linked to inhalation of anthrax spores or anthrax sepsis, where spores enter the blood stream directly, such as through a needle in drug use.

Concerns of an outbreak of a notoriously deadly disease have grown after Thailand reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) four instances of cutaneous anthrax - the first in the country in ...

Thailand has reported its first human anthrax-related death in 30 years. In May, Thailand informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of four cases of cutaneous anthrax. One person died as a ...

An incident occurred in a Cooch Behar village. Three family members died after consuming goat meat. The state government has dispatched a team of experts. They will investigate a possible anthrax ...

Thailand has issued a public health alert following its first anthrax-related death and a second confirmed infection. Both cases happened in the northeastern province of Mukdahan.

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.

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.