NEW YORK (CNN) --An editorial assistant for the New York Post has tested positive for cutaneous (skin) anthrax, the newspaper said Friday, bringing the number of cases of confirmed anthrax infections ...

3. How is anthrax transmitted? Anthrax infection can occur in three forms: cutaneous (skin), inhalation, and gastrointestinal. Spores can live in the soil for years, and humans can become infected ...

Dozens of hippopotamuses have died from anthrax poisoning at Africa’s oldest national park. Anthrax, a severe illness most commonly caused by soil-dwelling bacteria, can infect wild animals when they ...

There are four types of anthrax—cutaneous, injection, inhalation and gastrointestinal—which occur when the bacteria enter ...

George G. Zhanel, Winnipeg, MB Anthrax is a rare disease in the United Kingdom with fewer than one case per annum being reported over the last 20 years. Most cases have been cutaneous and were ...

South Korea approved the world’s first genetically engineered anthrax vaccine, which significantly reduces toxin-related side effects compared to earlier versions. The Korea Disease Control and ...