It is our hope that co-created solutions developed by patients, caregivers, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and government agencies will eventually reduce the suffering of all. Join our mailing list to receive notices of new additions to Emerging Worlds E-Mail Address Search for resources on a specific disease, condition or virus below. The agreement will cover most of the Western world's premier outlets for medical research, including The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is to be publicly announced in a joint editorial that all 12 periodicals will publish next month. The following questions and answers about anthrax are provided courtesy of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
It most commonly occurs in mammal such cattle, sheep, goats, camels and antelopes, but can also occur in humans when they are exposed to infected animals or tissue from infected animals. They vary depending on how the disease was contracted, but symptoms usually occur within seven days. It's been devastating. Our lives have been shattered. The General Accounting Office report found serious deficiencies in the EPA's procedures for preventing conflicts of interest and ensuring a proper balance of views among members of Science Advisory Board panels.