Vaccine Combined With Short-term Postexposure Antibiotics Protects Monkeys From Inhalational Anthrax

... Scientists have demonstrated that postexposure vaccination can shorten the duration of antibiotic treatment required to protect against inhalational anthrax. The findings, which appear in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could have important implications for public health management of anthrax bioterrorism events. ...