Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.

An outbreak of anthrax recently reported in a farm in Zamfara State serves as another stark reminder of the ongoing public ...

Had the bacteria released been anthrax bacteria or some other virulent ... Serratia marcescens bacteria. Open-air testing continued through the 1960s, with the Special Operations Division ...

Starwood, with at least $115 billion in assets, is a global investment company with interests in real estate and hospitality.

As Fildes' anthrax experiments continued, he sensed the need for testing beyond that which could be conducted near a populated area like Salisbury. In the summer of 1942, Fildes and his colleagues ...

Between 1932 and 1945, at least 270,000 people died there. The experiments included testing anthrax, cholera, and plague. In the town of Anda, a testing ground was created where biological bombs ...