TweetA new, inexpensive treatment was recently developed to convert ordinary silk fibers into a fabric capable of destroying bacteria, including armor-coated anthrax microbes. The scientists behind the silk, whose work was recently published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, said … Read More
TweetIllinois first responders and hospitals in McLean County, along with officials with the Red Cross, Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University, will run a tabletop exercise on Wednesday simulating an inhalation anthrax release. Shay Simmons, the emergency preparedness coordinator … Read More
TweetThirteen people in Peru have contracted anthrax after people in the area handled a diseased animal. The infection occurred in the Otuzco province of the La Libertad region of Peru. The confirmation of cutaneous anthrax infection, which occurs when anthrax … Read More
TweetA man was arrested on Friday in connection with the mailing of threatening letters that contained suspicious white powder to members of Congress and multiple media organizations. Christopher Lee Carlson was indicted on two criminal counts after an investigation into … Read More
TweetLaw enforcement agencies are looking into why multiple schools in the state of Connecticut received envelopes this week containing suspicious white powder. The incidents are similar to those that occurred throughout the country and caught the attention of the FBI. … Read More
