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.

At a late-afternoon briefing yesterday, Senate leaders and officials responsible for the anthrax investigation said that nasal swabs had turned up evidence of the bacterium in 23 Daschle staffers ...

At a late-afternoon briefing yesterday, Senate leaders and officials responsible for the anthrax investigation said that nasal swabs had turned up evidence of the bacterium in 23 Daschle staffers ...

accuracy and portability are being used to detect anthrax bacteria. How it works: Specimen from a powder, nasal swab or surface swab is mixed with water and dropped on test strip, which contains ...

Newspaper reports indicate that 28 persons in the offices of the U.S. Senate had evidence of anthrax exposure on nasal swabs. (Updated figures on confirmed and suspected cases of anthrax are ...

Some 5,000 nasal swabs of congressional employees have turned up no new anthrax exposure beyond 28 cases found last week and none of the 28 has tested as having contracted the ailment, Nichols ...

A rancher in Texas contracted anthrax earlier this year after butchering a lamb that died suddenly on his ranch, CDC researchers said. Two wound swabs from the rancher, a male in his 50s ...

A second Florida man has been exposed to the rare and extremely deadly anthrax bacterium, and U.S. officials said Monday that they were vigorously investigating the incident as a potential ...

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 ...