Anthrax spores can be potentially fatal if inhaled. So far, there have been no reports of infections from the Dugway mistakes, but 31 people who worked with the specimens have been put on ...

Anthrax, once in the environment, can be spread about the population when it comes into contact with clothes or shoes. The body of someone who had live Anthrax spores at the time can also spread them.

MOSCOW — In the second case of anthrax in the former Soviet Union in a week, Russian experts in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg found spores of the deadly disease in a U.S. diplomatic ...

Like a golf ball, anthrax spores are made of many layers of material, which protect DNA in the core. The spore's tough outer coat is surrounded by a loose-fitting layer called the exosporium.

Scientists seeking the genetic origins of the anthrax unleashed in recent attacks are exploring a scientific shadowland familiar to only a handful of molecular biologists, veterinary medical ...

Anthrax spores may survive traditional drinking water disinfection methods and can attach themselves to the inside surface of water pipes, suggesting water treatment facilities should be prepared ...

The Federal Reserve Board said yesterday that it had detected anthrax spores in several batches of letters and has sent about 20 pieces of mail to a laboratory for further tests.

The anthrax spores that contaminated the air in Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle's office had been treated with a chemical additive so sophisticated that only three nations are thought to ...

Seven days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, anonymous letters laced with deadly anthrax spores began arriving at media companies and congressional offices. Here, a chronology ...

Most anthrax testing at Dugway, in a barren Utah desert 87 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, is done using the killed spores to reduce the chance of accidental exposure of workers there.

If you breathe in anthrax spores, this is the most dangerous situation. You could have: Flu-like symptoms including fever, fatigue, body aches, and sore throat.These can last a few hours or days.