The circumstances associated with the potential use of biological agents for terrorism are unlike those associated with conventional attacks. For example, the detection of an attack may not be ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Ever since the anthrax and terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the poison ricin has at times been lumped in with other bioterrorism agents because it comes from a relatively common ...

The genomes of thousands of organisms, including pathogens, have now been sequenced and deposited in databases freely accessible to all scientists. This information is accelerating our ability to ...

Recently the people of Richmond, like the rest of America, have been bombarded with reports of anthrax scares and other possible threats of bioterrorism. After the Sept. 11 tragedy, these reports have ...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma State University will be getting a chunk of the $1.6 billion being allocated by the Bush administration to combat bioterrorism threats. OSU researchers in the ...

Editor’s Note: Austin Public Health said Thursday it was asked by the Department of Homeland Security to continue the program and funding will continue from the federal government. AUSTIN (KXAN) — ...

Current antimicrobials for bioterrorism are available, yet concerns regarding incomplete clearance of infection, ability to protect against lethality, natural and engineered resistance and relapses ...