POCATELLO — Health officials are administering preventive treatment to individuals in northern Utah after the detection of anthrax bacterium in a cow that originated in Idaho, amid additional confirme ...

Idaho State Veterinarian, Dr. Scott Leibsle, says the Idaho State Department of Agriculture is working with producers and ...

WHAT IS ANTHRAX? Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped bacterium that typically appears–when outside a living host–in a dormant state, protected by a hard-shelled spore. Provided it is lodged in rich ...

Several animals have been found dead due to infection by anthrax in Wyoming. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced on September 3 that a dead moose had tested positive for anthrax in Carbon ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture has confirmed anthrax in a beef herd in Cassia County.

Anthrax, which is present in many soils, can come out of dormancy and cause sudden death in livestock. Although most picture the white powder developed in a laboratory and associated with the 2001 ...

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. While the infection is often treatable in its early stages, once the disease has progressed beyond the “point of no return” ...

An 18-year-old in Louisiana who was training to be a welder developed a stubborn cough that quickly worsened. He was soon hospitalized with pneumonia and needed a machine to help him breathe. Doctors ...

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to inflict harm. They used to call it “wool sorter’s disease” or “hide-porter’s ...

Studies of how people get anthrax are based mostly on studies of primates. One statistic often cited is that it takes thousands of anthrax spores to cause a case of inhaled anthrax. But some ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) confirmed Thursday afternoon that a beef herd in Cassia County has tested ...