bioterrorism

Chronicles the reaction of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to the September 11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks, focusing on USAMRIID's top virologist, Peter Jahrling, and his work to combat the possible development of a superpox virus by terrorists worldwide.

A group of children, stranded at an amusement park following a biological terrorist attack that has killed all the adults on Earth, work together to survive with the help of Milo, a boy whose father was an engineer at the park, but when new threats arise and suspicions grow, rebellion erupts.

Presents an overview of anthrax, explaining what it does to the body and discussing such topics as diagnosis and treatment, the anthrax-laced letters sent in 2001, and an anthrax vaccine.