A child has died of anthrax in Siberia in the first fatal outbreak of the bacterial disease reported in Russia in 75 years, the regional governor’s office said.

Anthrax has been discovered in a cow in England – the first case in an animal there since 2006.

The Pentagon said the US Army’s mistaken shipments of live anthrax to research laboratories were more widespread than it initially reported.

US officials are investigating after the Pentagon mistakenly shipped live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, as well as one overseas.

US officials are investigating after the Pentagon mistakenly shipped live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, as well as one overseas.