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 ...

Six Defense Department employees have asked a U.S. appeals court not to lift an injunction blocking mandatory anthrax vaccinations because the vaccine used in the program has never been formally found ...

Vaccination with the anthrax capsule--a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease--completely protected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to a study ...

The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and ...

A San Diego biotechnology firm said it hopes to begin human testing of its experimental anthrax vaccine by year's end. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Several companies and government ...

Emergent has been delivering CYFENDUS™ vaccine to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since 2019, under pre-Emergency Use Authorization status, and will continue to work with the U.S.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government said it had made deals with two companies to try to develop a new and better anthrax vaccine in case of a biological attack. It said it had awarded $22.5 million in ...

Worried about another round of anthrax letters if terrorists strike again? The more than 200,000 troops in the Persian Gulf don't need to worry about getting a vaccine to fend off the deadly bacteria.

Political polarization during COVID-19 was 12 times greater than in past disease outbreaks in terms of vaccine hesitancy, according to a comprehensive new study by Caitlin McMurtry, an assistant ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...