Man fights for life with anthrax infection

A man left fighting for his life in an American hospital after contracting a rare form of anthrax was not believed to be linked to a possible bio-terrorism attack, the US health secretary has said.

Robert Stevens, 63, of Lantana, Florida, was in a critical condition, sedated and on a ventilator in the JFK Medical Centre in Palm Beach after yesterday being confirmed as having contracted the infection.