Rabies

Rabies Rabies is a deadly viral infection. It is especially common in skunks, raccoons, and foxes in the U.S. Without immediate treatment after exposure, rabies is almost always fatal in humans.

What you Should Know About Cellulitis:an Infection of the Skin Normally, our skin provides an excellent barrier to prevent bacteria from getting into the body and causing infection. However, whenever a break occurs in the skin, the barrier is disrupted and infection may...

Pet vaccination can slow spread of raccoon rabies In an attempt to stem the spread of a raccoon-associated type of rabies from the eastern US to other parts of the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending that people who live in affected areas vaccinate their pets...

Rabies virus helps fight HIV In a new and unique approach to fighting AIDS, researchers have created an experimental HIV vaccine using a weakened strain of the rabies virus...

Iowa Bear Cub Possible Source Of Rabies Persons exposed to a rabid bear cub at an Iowa petting zoo and a one-day barnwarming may be at risk for rabies, warn federal health officials...

Did Carbon Monoxide Kill Edgar Allan Poe? "I was sick -- sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me," Edgar Allan Poe began his short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" in 1842...

Iowa Rabies Scare Provides Public Health Lesson When initial test results suggested that a bear cub at an Iowa petting zoo might have died this summer from rabies, local health officials moved quickly to contact...

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