Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. While the infection is often treatable in its early stages, once the disease has progressed beyond the “point of no return” ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that ...

Oct. 16 -- An old and discarded treatment for anthrax infection could be manufactured in a matter of weeks and help save many lives. The vaccine-like antidote is "anthrax antitoxin." It's cheap to ...

An anthrax vaccine called NuThrax — which may be effective in as little as two doses — is being advanced into new phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials. The nearly $200 million, five-year contract ...

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once the disease has progressed beyond the "point of no return" after just a few ...

Shihui Liu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and member of the Aging Institute, a joint venture of Pitt and UPMC Anthrax, an infectious ...

Human Genome Sciences Inc.’s experimental anthrax treatment, studied more extensively in animals than in humans, may not be more effective than older therapies. U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has repurposed a 45-year-old vaccine against anthrax for postexposure protection. Anthrax vaccine adsorbed (BioThrax, Emergency BioDefense Operations) was ...

MOSCOW, July 18. /TASS/. Four out of five patients infected with anthrax in the Tuva Region in southern Siberia have left without authorization a local hospital where they had been undergoing ...

A Nov. 19 article about the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating inhalational anthrax incorrectly reported that Cipro was the only drug tested and shown effective by the Food and Drug ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating their ...