U.S. Image credit: Navy/Getty Images The anthrax vaccine is a shot that helps protect against anthrax, a serious bacterial illness. People can get anthrax by breathing in spores, consuming animal ...

Timothy Ballard (R) prepares to administer the final shot in the six-dose series of anthrax inoculations to Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (L) in Cohen's Pentagon office on Sept.

HUNDREDS OF APPEALS Today, military records corrections boards are unable to provide reliable data on the number of appeals involving refusal to get the anthrax shot. When Military Times recently ...

Under a pre-emergency use authorization, Emergent BioSolutons has provided the Department of Health and Human Services with its AV7909 anthrax vaccine for emergency preparedness since 2019.

Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that kills without question if its toxins reach a host's cells. A new treatment developed by ...

Anthrax is an infectious disease that’s caused by bacteria. It’s very rare in the United States, but it can be very serious. It usually only affects farm animals like cows and sheep.

Prior to the shot’s formal green light, Emergent had been furnishing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with the product since 2019. The immunization includes anthrax vaccine ...