Anthrax has been reported in 12 California counties, including Solano, Contra Costa and Yolo. The Davis area is noted as an "anthrax belt" because of the prevalence of anthrax spores in the soil ...

SACRAMENTO — A potential anthrax threat at the California State Capitol on Thursday forced an evacuation of the Senate and all staff, according to a memo obtained by CBS Sacramento.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers were ordered to evacuate a building in downtown Sacramento on Thursday after receiving a suspicious package with a threat that it contained anthrax.

A potential anthrax threat at the California State Capitol on Thursday forced an evacuation of the Senate and all staff, according to a memo obtained by CBS Sacramento.

The CDC yesterday faced "harsh criticism" from lawmakers who questioned the agency's decision not to test postal workers who handled a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) that ...

Last Friday the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System at UC Davis confirmed that tissue samples sent to UC Davis from the Santa Clara County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government said Thursday it is purchasing 75 million doses of a new generation anthrax vaccine under an $877.5 million contract -- the first awarded through a ...

At least six California researchers may have been exposed to deadly anthrax after a shipping mix-up led them to believe they were working with dead rather than live bacteria, officials said Thursday.

As investigators continue to examine the anthrax incidents in Florida, at least five people in New York and five additional people in Florida may have been exposed to the bacteria, bringing the total ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A federal judge has set the bond of a California man suspected of mailing more than 120 hoax anthrax letters nationwide at $25,000. U.S. Magistrate Kimberly Mueller says ...