Air and surface sampling techniques currently used by the US government are effective in fighting bioterrorism and potentially saving lives, a researcher finds. In 2005 and 2009, the Pentagon Force ...

Amid continuing concerns that anthrax might be used as a bioterrorism weapon, government researchers report development of a faster, more sensitive blood test for detecting the deadly toxins produced ...

A little over three years ago, a commission of experts, established by Congress, concluded that the chances were better than 50-50 that a weapon of mass destruction would be used in a terrorist attack ...

Detailed DNA comparisons of anthrax strains could help trace the source of last year's US bioterrorism attacks, say researchers. The technique might also track the spread of other infectious diseases.

In an effort to combat bioterrorism, scientists in South Korea have trained artificial intelligence to speedily spot anthrax. The new technique is not 100 percent accurate yet, but it’s orders of ...

Molecular subtyping of isolates immediately upon their arrival to the laboratory allowed for instant confirmation that the cases were caused by the same strain and thus for linking cases to ...

Science is often framed in a positive light, but when it falls into the wrong hands it can do a whole lot more harm than good. This episode is about the historical use of biological agents, the ...

The dramatically titled World at Risk report released in December 2008 by a US congressional commission predicting that a bioterrorist attack is likely in the next five years may have been aimed ...

While less than a decade ago the concept of terrorism felt distant and like something that would never happen in America, 9/11 changed everything. Still, when most of us think of terrorist attacks we ...