We don’t hear much about rabies these days, thanks to how common the rabies vaccine is in the US, but it kills someone on this planet every 15 minutes. Dog bites are responsible for 99 percent of ...

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Though people may mostly associate rabies with dogs, it’s a virus that can affect any mammal — including cats. In fact, rabies affects more cats than dogs in the United States. The virus can be passed ...

Rabies is an incurable virus that attacks the brain and spinal cord. All mammals, including dogs and humans, can be infected with rabies. While it’s preventable and even treatable in humans only, it ...

Rabies is a deadly virus that affects the nervous system. Rabies primarily affects animals, but it also affects human beings. The disease always results in death (100% mortality) after symptoms appear ...

Rabies surprised public health officials earlier this year when a wild red fox bit nine people—including a United States congressman—in Washington, D.C. Within a day, a D.C. public health lab ...

Rabies is a dangerous virus that causes brain inflammation. It can spread from animals to humans through bites and scratches. Vaccines and other medications can help treat and prevent infections.

Jeanna Geise was only 15 years old when she became the world's first known survivor of Rabies without receiving any vaccination. Her miraculous survival has not only challenged a time-honored ...

While human cases of rabies in the United States are rare, it’s still a deadly disease: six people have died from rabies nationwide since September 2024, a US Centers for Disease Control and ...