With the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) support in the form of $5.5 million for the base period ...

Nearly 80 beef cattle died in Wyoming due to a natural occurrence of anthrax, a bacterial pathogen that can survive in the soil for years or even decades and then spark sporadic outbreaks, often when ...

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Historic event. On October 2, 2001, a 63-year-old journalist presented to a Florida emergency department with headache, fever, and confusion. A lumbar puncture, reviewed by Dr Larry Bush, who is ...

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans asked the Obama administration on Wednesday to provide documents related to last month's anthrax scare at a U.S. lab, where more than 80 people ...

N8Medical has entered into a CRADA with USAMRIID in support of Core Antibiotic Screening Program. Will test CSAs against biodefense pathogens including Anthrax. The expertise of USAMRIID researchers ...

Hidden arms, explosives, and other goods in cargo pose a serious threat. But dangerous pathogens also can be devastating, making their detection a top priority for homeland security. Shortly after the ...