Health officials are concerned an anthrax testing kit that a Matthews company plans to sell over-the-counter could lead to needless anthrax scares. Vital Living Products said it is expanding its home ...

The CDC has published updated recommendations for the postexposure prevention and treatment of Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) infection; the FDA has granted marketing approval to an at-home chlamydia ...

Up until mid-October, Vital Living Products was best-known—if it was known at all—for selling kits that detect bacteria in water. The 15-person, publicly traded company based in Matthews, N.C., was ...

WHAT IS ANTHRAX? Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped bacterium that typically appears–when outside a living host–in a dormant state, protected by a hard-shelled spore. Provided it is lodged in rich ...

Given the possible severity of anthrax infection, early and fast diagnosis is key. InBios International, Inc., a developer of diagnostic tests for emerging infectious diseases and biothreats, has been ...