Up to 100 people, including children, have been killed in the deadliest “nerve-gas” attack in Syria in four years. Doctors treating the victims said they were suffering symptoms matching those known ...

There was a brief scare Sunday afternoon after two workers became sick after opening a package in a mailroom at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Initial reports said the two men were ...

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The Army has awarded a $156.6 million contract to the DynPort Vaccine division of Computer Sciences Corp for development of an anti-nerve gas agent that protects against a wide range of nerve gases ...

May 1, 2013: In Syria the rebels have been accusing the government of using nerve gas shells and bombs. Israel is convinced that this is so, and the U.S. is inclined to agree with them. The known ...

Various types of so-called "electronic noses" have popped up over the years, promising to sniff out everything from minor infections to different types of cancers. But rather than diagnosing health ...

While the Iran-Iraq war of 1981-1988 saw the only large-scale use of chemical weapons since WWII, in a world beset by rogue states, civil wars, and terrorism, protecting against nerve agents and ...

Chemical weapons such as sarin gas and VX nerve gas can have horrifying effects on the human body, but now, scientists are hoping to develop better treatments for nerve-gas poisoning by sending their ...

President Obama affirmed Tuesday that there's evidence Syrians have been attacked with chemical weapons — in particular, nerve gas. But that's not the same as proof positive. "We don't know how they ...

New research from a Texas doctor has linked the onset of Gulf War illness in some veterans to exposure to the deadly nerve gas sarin. “Our findings prove that Gulf War illness was caused by sarin, ...

If you have seen The Rock, you might remember the scene in which Nicholas Cage saves himself from nerve gas poisoning by jamming an atropine syringe into his chest. If his situation were real, the ...

The chemical agent is suspected in attack reported to have killed dozens. — -- Reports that dozens of people in Syria, including young children, were killed in a suspected nerve gas attack has ...