Dr. Moses Nkanika, the District Health Officer, confirmed that the victims are believed to have come into contact with animals that died suddenly. The deaths have been reported in Kashagama, Kaliiro, ...

POCATELLO — Health officials are administering preventive treatment to individuals in northern Utah after the detection of anthrax bacterium in a cow that originated in Idaho, amid additional confirme ...

LOGAN — Health officials are administering preventive treatment to individuals who had direct contact with a deceased cow that tested positive for anthrax.

Dr Nkanika said four people have so far died as a result of the disease, while two confirmed cases are currently receiving ...

What you need to know: Farmers, officials alarmed over suspected anthrax in Lyantonde. Health authorities in Lyantonde District have intensified surveillance and community sensitization after a ...

A teenager training to be a welder contracted a rare and dangerous lung infection, prompting a combined state and federal investigation.

In the autumn of 2001, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, anthrax and the anthrax vaccine became prominent national concerns. The deliberate distribution of anthrax spores through the ...

"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 ...

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” ...