In a news briefing on November 27, 2001, Army General Tommy Franks said that as many as 40 locations in Afghanistan were used to research weapons of mass destruction.
Manual to communicable diseases offers general and medical information about anthrax, its characteristics and treatment methods.
News report about Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the conditions in Afghanistan as of Nov. 19, 2001.
Find a history of the use of anthrax spores as a weapon dating back to World War II. Article pinpoints the growing number of anthrax scares.
Read article from the Centers for Disease Control's Emerging Infectious Diseases division about the background and epidemiology of anthrax, plus disease management.
Features a transcript of a November 14, 2001 discussion between panel members and Drs. Jim Hughes and Julie Gerberding about the on-going anthrax investigation.
Learn about anthrax and other biological weapons, and find a history of cases in the United States. Includes tips for handling mail and an analysis of Cipro.
Investigators of the death of Ottilie Lundgren say they found trace amounts of anthrax on a letter in Connecticut, but they are still not sure how Lundgren contracted it.
Investigators say Robert Stevens, an editor at "The Sun" who died after inhalation of Anthrax, may have contracted the bacteria from a letter.
Investigators of the Ottilie Lundgren death have found trace amounts of Anthrax on mail sorting equipment in a Connecticut postal facility.
CNN explains how many biological and chemical weapons work, including anthrax, smallpox, botulism, and sarin. Also find a map of countries involved with such weapons.
Ottilie Lundgren, 94, of Derby, Connecticut, died of inhalation anthrax on November 21, 2001. Officials did not know how she had contracted the disease.
Health officials said a postal facility in Washington, DC, was "terribly contaminate" with anthrax, worse than they originally thought.
Investigators found that the text of the anthrax-laden letter sent to Sen. Patrick Leahy was identical to that of the letter sent to Sen. Tom Daschle.
October 10, 2001 press release from Dept. of Health and Human Services answers questions about anthrax and prescriptions for ciprofloxacin to prevent and treat anthrax.
Presents images of the anthrax-laced envelopes, and letters inside, sent to Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy, and to TV newsman Tom Brokaw and the The N.Y. Post.
Read an October 18, 2001 news alert from the FDA about the use of Doxycycline for all forms of anthrax infection.
Obtain facts and information about the drug Cipro, used to treat inhalation anthrax. Includes press releases, reports and guides.
Features a collection of resources, including reports and news, about anthrax and bio-terrorism in the United States. Documents from government and private agencies.
Find reports of confirmed cases of Anthrax plus scares and hoaxes from around the world.
Contains a resource center for information on anthrax and bioterrorism, including news releases, reports, articles, FAQs and guides to protection and detection.
Press release from October 10, 2001 announces the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services program of cooperation with U.K. agencies on combating bio-terrorism.
Offers concise facts about what anthrax is, how it kills, and how it's treated. Discusses inhalation and cutaneous or skin forms of the disease.
Learn how a white substance found at the Jacksonville city hall on November 21, 2001 caused alarm in the community. Turned out the powder was not anthrax.
Press release from October 23, 2001 announces that scientists had unlocked the mysteries of anthrax's killer toxins.
Call the anthrax hotline and read the bioterrorism fact sheet, and review press releases, hospital and physician updates, and mail package handling guidelines.
Read the details behind the Centers for Disease Control's announcement on Oct. 28 that a third postal employee in New Jersey has tested positive for inhalation anthrax.
Ken Alibek, an expert on germ warfare explains how to kill Anthrax spores with a steam iron.
Official US Department of Agriculture press release from October 29, 2001 reveals a small amount of anthrax was discovered in one of their facilities.
Graphic by Laris Karklis shows the suspected path of the anthrax-laced letter sent to Senator Tom Dashcle, from Trenton, New Jersey to the Brentwood mail facility in DC.