Scott Decker, the former FBI special agent on the investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks, has named one little-recognized hero who "risked his medical career" to save "hundreds, maybe a thousand ...

The FBI’s investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks was the most complex and important in the bureau’s history. Immense resources were invested in the search for the perpetrator, whose actions ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- It took nearly a decade before University of Maryland researchers were allowed to talk about their work identifying the anthrax strain used in the 2001 deadly letter attacks. But now, ...

Twenty years ago this month, hundreds of employees gathered outside the headquarters of the company that published the National Enquirer and other newspapers. The reason seemed inexplicable: a ...

Once again, Frederick is at the center of the Amerithrax universe. On Feb. 25, microbiologist Henry Heine retired from USAMRIID. On the morning of his last day as a USAMRIID employee, Heine gave a two ...

U.S. Army scientists have reproduced the anthrax powder used in the 2001 mail attacks and concluded that it was made using simple methods, inexpensive equipment and limited expertise, according to ...

"September 2001: The Sun, a Boca Raton tabloid, receives a love letter addressed to Jennifer Lopez. The newspaper's photo retoucher opens it - and unknowingly inhales thousands of toxic spores. By ...