“Rabies is a disease that mainly manifests as encephalitis, which is infection and inflammation of the brain,” Stanford University professor of medicine and infectious disease expert Dr. Dean Winslow ...

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 ...

Health officials have issued a rabies alert in Fort Lauderdale. The Florida Department of Health in Broward County issued the alert for portions of Fort Lauderdale Wednesday afternoon after a feral ...

As if the summer heat isn't enough, officials are also warning the public to be aware of rabid animals. As of July 12, the Illinois Department of Public Health have recorded 22 instances of rabid bats ...

A feral kitten in Omaha, Nebraska, tested positive for rabies in November 2023. It died of the raccoon variant of the virus, which is typically found only in the Appalachian Mountains. Detecting this ...

Researchers found that antemortem testing could increase detection and lead to more timely public health interventions for human rabies, which is under-diagnosed globally.“Human rabies under-detection ...

Dead seals are washing up along beaches in South Africa’s port city of Cape Town, a coastal management official told CNN Friday, amid an outbreak of rabies in the marine animals. “We believe this to ...