Image courtesy of neiljs; CC-BY 2.0 DEED. As of December 5th, 17 people in the Kyotera district of Uganda have died of what has now
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Image courtesy of Brian Ralphs via Flickr Creative Commons BACKGROUND When Americans think about anthrax, we think about the weaponization of white powder that was
Image courtesy of the CDC Public Health Image Library The HealthMap system was alerted to a media report for suspected anthrax infections in Kisumu, Kenya.
For the past several months, Zambia has been combating another anthrax outbreak. A prior outbreak occurred in the province of Muchinga in late September
On August 1, 2016 in Northern Russia, a 12-year-old boy died of anthrax, marking the first fatal case among 20 confirmed infected humans from the
In between the Boston Marathon bombings and the devastating explosion in West, Texas last week, Americans also heard about the interception of several pieces of mail meant for President
British health officials announced Monday that another drug user in Blackpool has died of an anthrax infection. The individual died after injecting heroin suspected of
Russia declared a state of emergency after an anthrax outbreak caused its first death. The outbreak occurred in the village of Druzhba, in the Altai
One cowherd in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany is suffering from a rare outbreak of anthrax disease. The Minister of Agriculture from Magdeburg, the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt,
Canadian news organizations reported Monday that another 23 bison carcasses were found in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Last week the Northwest Territories Department of Environmental and