A US farmworker who caught bird flu after working with dairy cattle in Texas appears to be the first known case of mammal-to-human transmission of the virus, a new study shows.

Twenty-two people became ill and five died. Although these acts of bioterrorism were limited, millions of people were made anxious and the routine act of opening the mail became dangerous.

Much progress has been made in recent years to strengthen local, state, national and international capacities to detect and respond to bioterrorism events and naturally occurring outbreaks of disease.

A biological attack could spread through a population quickly and have a devastating effect. An early detection system would be key to reducing a population’s chance of exposure. But how to you detect ...

CNN: Do you have any closing comments to share with us today? ALIBEK: All these recent events show us that bioterrorism is not something fantastic or something we could never see. Now we have seen ...

Current antimicrobials for bioterrorism are available, yet concerns regarding incomplete clearance of infection, ability to protect against lethality, natural and engineered resistance and ...

The debate over what, exactly, constitutes “safe” artificial intelligence continues to heat up.

Bioterrorism agents are pathogenic organisms or biological toxins that are used to produce death and disease in humans, animals, or plants for terrorist purposes. These agents are typically ...

"Our findings are suggestive of human infection occurring in the dairy farm setting and cow-to-human transmission of HPAI [highly pathogenic avian influenza] A (H5N1) virus from presumptively infected ...

Professor Alasdair Geddes, who has died aged 89, was an expert in infectious diseases who diagnosed smallpox in the last ...

Night owls, third-shift workers, and even plain old procrastinators have cause to celebrate this month, as Philly has a new 24 / 7 cheese vending machine. Find it housed in a bright-red booth right ...

NCIS: Hawaii fans will be saying farewell to the series after its third season finale, which will serve not only as the ...