Officials in Nakuru County in eastern Kenya are reporting that up to three dozen people are being treated for the bacterial disease, anthrax, according to a local media report. Rongai Sub County Veterinary...

Vaccination with the anthrax capsule–a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease–completely protected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to a study...

Eight people in the central Karaganda region of Kazakhstan have contracted the serious bacterial infection, anthrax, resulting in two fatalities, according to a Radio Free Europe report. It is reported...

In a follow-up to a report last week concerning a planned cull of hippopotamus in the Luangwa River Valley of Zambia due to “potential future anthrax spread”, the wildlife conservation organization,...

An outbreak of anthrax has killed two and infected another 10 in Dabuguda village in Renga panchayat under Kashipur block in Odisha’s Rayagada district, according to local media. The survivors are...

North Dakota’s state veterinarian is reminding livestock producers to vaccinate their animals against anthrax. Dr. Susan Keller says that with the precipitation which has fallen in much of the state,...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) worked with local, state and federal partners this week to investigate an abnormal test result from routine air monitoring conducted in the Twin Cities metropolitan...

In a follow-up to the ongoing reports on the anthrax outbreak in Sirajganj District in Bangladesh, local media report that the total human cases reported has topped 100 in the past month, calling it the...

Last night on the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, I examined the arguments on whether it’s safe to travel to Rio this summer for the Olympic Games with the scourge of mosquito borne diseases...

In a follow-up to a report yesterday about an anthrax outbreak in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district, local media reports reveal the outbreak has grown significantly in the past day. In a single village...