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For other uses, see Anthrax (disambiguation). Anthrax, also referred to as splenic fever, is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis and is highly lethal in some forms. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic herbivores, but it can also occur in humans when they are exposed to infected animals, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores. There are no known cases of infection in humans resulting from direct contact with a ...
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- 3-D Structure of Anthrax Toxin Complex Solved (National Institutes of Health)
- Answers on Anthrax (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
Anthrax News Headlines
- Anthrax Attack Posed Greater Potential Threat Than Thought
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
- Anthrax Attack Posed Greater Potential Threat Than Thought
ScienceDaily - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Microneedle Vaccination Technique Protects Rabbits Against Inhalation Anthrax Using Smaller Dosage
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
- FDA Maintains Clinical Hold On VaxGen's Anthrax Vaccine Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Defense Employees Set For Another Suit to Halt Mandatory Anthrax Shots
Washington Post - Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:00 EST
- Microneedle Vaccination Technique Protects Rabbits Against Inhalation Anthrax Using Smaller Dosage
ScienceDaily - Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- New Finding Points Way To Foiling Anthrax's Tricks
ScienceDaily - Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Setbacks In The Investigation Into The 2001 Anthrax Attacks In The US
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- U.S. not prepared to face a health disaster, says report
The Earth Times - Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:16 EST
- New Finding Points Way To Foiling Anthrax's Tricks
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
- FDA halts VaxGen's anthrax vaccine trial
The Earth Times - Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:32 EST
- Government Sets New Deadline For VaxGen To Begin Next Clinical Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Next Clinical Trial Of VaxGen's Anthrax Vaccine Delayed
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Universal Detection Technology Completes Sale Of Two Anthrax Detection Systems To The British Government
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Anthrax Investigation, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
- Pentagon to resume forced anthrax vaccine program
Reuters - Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:24 EST
- Vaccine Safety Advocates Oppose Pentagon's Return To Mandatory Anthrax Vaccination Of U.S. Military Personnel
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Newly Identified Antibody May Neutralize Inhalation Anthrax Toxin
ScienceDaily - Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- 2001 Attacks Used Common Anthrax, Not Military Grade
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- An Appraisal By Universal Detection Technology, Of The Anthrax Investigation Five Years After The Attacks Of 2001
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Anthrax Dispute Suggests Bioshield Woes
ABC News - Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:22 EST
- Medarex And PharmAthene Announce Phase I Results Of Anthrax Therapeutic Valortim(TM)
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Two Romanians admitted to hospital with anthrax
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:47 EST
- Cell-Wall Carbohydrate Crucial To Anthrax Bacterium Discovered By UGA Researchers
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:00 EST
- New anthrax vaccine shows promise
MSNBC - Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:43 EST
- Researchers Discover Cell-wall Carbohydrate That Is Crucial To Anthrax Bacterium
ScienceDaily - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- New Anthrax Inhibitor Could Combat Antibiotic-resistant Strains
ScienceDaily - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- Anthrax In Children Difficult To Detect And Treat
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Scientists find 'anthrax blocker'
BBC - Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:55 EST
- New Anthrax Inhibitor Could Combat Antibiotic-resistant Strains
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:00 EST
- Anthrax blocker identified
The Earth Times - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:30 EST
- Research Scientists Self-regulate To Better Face Real World Ethical Dilemmas
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:00 EST
- Universal Detection Technology In Deal With Net Solutions To Enhance Internet Presence Of Its Anthrax Detection System
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Emergent BioSolutions Awarded Two Grants From NIAID To Support Development Of Anthrax Immune Globulin Therapeutic
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Universal Detection Technology Publishes Paper On The Threat Of Bio-terrorism
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Results Of Study Published This Month As Researchers Look For A Better Vaccine To Combat Anthrax
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:00 EST
- Man dies from 'rare anthrax bug'
BBC - Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:55 EST
- Monoclonal Antibody Recognizes A Specific Sugar On The Surface Of Anthrax Bacteria Spores
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:00 EST
- Potent Anthrax Inhibitor Tested in Animals
MedicineNet - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- 'Simple' way to test for anthrax
BBC - Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:27 EST
- Anthrax Detector Developed
ScienceDaily - Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- Combating Anthrax: Researchers Look For A Better Vaccine
ScienceDaily - Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- ImmuneRegen Announces Further Results From Anthrax Treatment Study
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- VaxGen Publishes Results Of Phase I Clinical Trial Of Anthrax Vaccine Candidate
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Anthrax outbreak in Saskatchewan, Manitoba
The Earth Times - Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:14 EST
- U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Certifies BioThrax(R) (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) As An Approved Product For Homeland Security
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Western Canada anthrax outbreak worst in decades
Reuters - Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:06 EST
- Standard Developed For Collection Of Suspicious Powders
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:00 EST
- No link seen between anthrax shots and eye ailment
Reuters - Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:21 EST
- HHS To Acquire New Anthrax Therapeutic Treatment For Stockpile, USA
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
- ImmuneRegen Announces Additional Rounds Of Testing In Anthrax Treatment Study
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
- New Non-Invasive Vaccine Strategy May Offer Protection Against Tetanus And Anthrax
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:00 EST
- No-Needle Tetanus Vaccine in the Works
WebMD - Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:00 EST
- Vaccine Combined With Short-term Postexposure Antibiotics Protects Monkeys From Inhalational Anthrax
ScienceDaily - Tue, 02 May 2006 02:00 EST
- Feds Increasing Anthrax Vaccine Stockpile
ABC News - Fri, 05 May 2006 07:34 EST
- Feds Increasing Anthrax Vaccine Stockpile
ABC News - Fri, 05 May 2006 09:54 EST
- Scientists Design Potent Anthrax Toxin Inhibitor
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:00 EST
- Vaccine plus antibiotic protects against anthrax
MSNBC - Mon, 01 May 2006 10:49 EST
- Newly Discovered Protein Kills Anthrax Bacteria By Exploding Their Cell Walls
ScienceDaily - Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:00 EST
- Vaccine plus antibiotic protects against anthrax
Reuters - Mon, 01 May 2006 08:02 EST
- Vaccine plus antibiotics protects against anthrax
Reuters - Mon, 01 May 2006 08:05 EST
- Anthrax Inhibitor Counteracts Toxin, May Lead To New Therapeutics
ScienceDaily - Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:00 EST
- Patent Awarded For LSUHSC-developed Peptide That Blocks Lethal Toxins Of Anthrax
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 05 May 2006 10:00 EST
- Scientists Design Potent Anthrax Toxin Inhibitor
ScienceDaily - Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:00 EST
- Newly Discovered Protein Kills Anthrax Bacteria By Exploding Their Cell Walls
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:00 EST
- Scientists Design Potent Anthrax Toxin Inhibitor
National Institutes of Health - Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:15 EST
- Driver Of Anthrax Toxicity Could Lead To Late Stage Therapy
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:00 EST
- FDA faults anthrax vaccine maker for wrong claims
The Earth Times - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:16 EST
- Pa. Hospital to Release Anthrax Patient
ABC News - Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- No Hope for Stockpile of New Anthrax Vaccine by November
Washington Post - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:00 EST
- Gene Critical To Activation Of Infection-Fighting Immune Cells Identified By Weill Cornell Team
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:00 EST
- Quantum Dot Method Rapidly Identifies Bacteria
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:00 EST
- Discovering What Works on Anthrax
New York Times - Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
- Anthrax Remedy: Clothes Iron?
ABC News - Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:42 EST
- Anthrax Spores May Survive Water Treatment
ScienceDaily - Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
- Man ill from ''naturally occurring'' anthrax
CNN - Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:17 EST
- CDC Confirms Inhalation Anthrax Case
WebMD - Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:52 EST
- ''Animal link'' in US anthrax case
BBC - Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:07 EST
- Purdue Project Could Help Pets Serve As Disease Watchdogs
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:00 EST
- PharmAthene And Medarex Receive Orphan Drug Designation For Valortim(TM) To Treat Anthrax Infection
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:00 EST
- NYC Mayor: Man With Anthrax Has Worsened
ABC News - Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:17 EST
- NYC Mayor: Man With Anthrax Has Worsened
ABC News - Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:43 EST
- NYC Mayor: Man With Anthrax Has Worsened
ABC News - Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:02 EST
- Seven Tied to N.Y. Anthrax Patient Treated
ABC News - Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:23 EST
- NYC dancer contracted anthrax from animal hides; bioterrorism ruled out
The Earth Times - Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:28 EST
- Project Could Help Pets Serve As Disease Watchdogs, Purdue University
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- Was Anthrax Victim Infected In Africa Or USA?
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:00 EST
- Anthrax Spores May Survive Traditional Drinking Water Disinfection Methods
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:00 EST
- Officials Seek to Ease Anthrax Fears
ABC News - Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:56 EST
- New York City man hospitalized with anthrax
MSNBC - Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:37 EST
- Most Effective Anthrax Treatment: VA-Stanford Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:00 EST
- Anthrax Cases: Time is Crucial
MedicineNet - Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:00 EST
- Single Intramuscular Dose Of Anthim Is More Effective Than Daily Dosing Of Antibiotics Against A Lethal Anthrax Spore Challenge
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:00 EST
- Inspections: Where Tracking Anthrax Begins With the Honor System
New York Times - Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
- New York City Man Has Inhalation Anthrax, Officials Say
New York Times - Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
- Scientists Develop New Anthrax Antibody
MedicineNet - Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:00 EST
- Effective, Safe Anthrax Vaccine Can Be Grown In Tobacco Plants
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:00 EST
- New tobacco product could save lives
MSNBC - Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:43 EST
- Unexpected Features Of Anthrax Toxin May Lead To New Types Of Therapies
ScienceDaily - Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:00 EST
- Unexpected features of anthrax toxin may lead to new types of therapies
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:00 EST
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