Detailed DNA analysis can distinguish even very closely related samples of anthrax, scientists were to report today, a finding that could aid investigators seeking to trace the source of last year’s ...

As part of the escalating effort to crack the mysteries of anthrax by analyzing its every gene and molecule, University of Chicago researchers announced Wednesday that they have produced a ...

* A mail handler at the State Department off-site mail facility in Sterling, Va. tests positive for inhalation anthrax exposure after being hospitalized Wednesday. Case is considered suspicious. * ...

The microbes that call the New York City subway system home are mostly harmless, but include samples of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to drugs -- and even DNA fragments associated with ...

MOSCOW — Thirteen members of a nomadic Siberian community have been hospitalized after a heat wave thawed the carcass of an anthrax-infected reindeer and sparked an outbreak of the disease. Around ...