Queensland boy hospitalized with confirmed Australian Bat Lyssavirus infection
In what is only the third case of of the rabies-like bat virus in Australia, Queensland health officials report a young child was in intensive care in Brisbane with confirmed Australian Bat Lyssavirus infection More...
Brazil reports first case of ‘Mad Cow disease’ in a cow that died two years ago
In a case, that has left U.S. cattle producers critical of the government’s reliance on foreign countries and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Brazil has reported its first case of bovine spongiform More...
Nikka, the drug-sniffing dog, is only certified member of New Mexico town’s police force
A New Mexico town now only has one official certified member of the police force – drug-sniffing German Shepherd. Image/CDC The police chief Ernest “Chris” Armijo resigned on Wednesday after it More...
World Rabies Day is September 28, 2012
World Rabies Day is Sept. 28. It is a day to raise awareness about the impact of human and animal rabies. Image/CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says rabies is a deadly virus that can kill More...
Indian man dies from rabies 25 years after dog bite
While that vast majority of human rabies cases have an incubation period of less than 90 days, researchers from Goa Medical College (GMC), in Goa, India suspect they have a case of the deadly viral disease in a More...
Minnesota woman, Leah Prudhomme, repeatedly attacked by otter while swimming
A Minnesota triathlete was bitten at least 25 times while swimming across Island Lake near Duluth last week, receiving bites as deep as 2 inches. According to a Star Tribune report, 33-year-old Leah Prudhomme More...
Washington woman, Michaela Lee attacked by a gaze of raccoons
Having one raccoon chase you is scary enough, but for one Lakewood woman, unlucky seven must have been horrifying. Photo/Christophe Eyquem According to a Seattle Times report, 28-year-old Michaela Lee was out walking More...
Crazed hyena goes on wild foray in Malawi village
Villagers along the Lake Malombe district of Mangochi are on high alert for a crazed, probably rabid hyena that has attacked several people during its ramapage. Public domain photo/ wikimedia commons The hyena, More...
Massachusetts Health Officials Announce First Case Of Human Rabies In 75 Years
An elderly Barnstable County man has been diagnosed with the nearly always fatal viral infection, rabies, according to a Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) press release Friday. This is the first case More...
Soil amoeba blamed in the deaths of two organ transplant recipients
Two patients who received solid organ transplants in Arizona have died as a result of a parasite they got from the donated organs. Balamuthia mandrillaris infecting brain tissueImage/CDC One man, a liver recipient More...
Indian man eats dog’s heart to ‘prevent rabies’
A stray street dog that had terrorized an Indian village last week biting at least seven people found its most bizarre fate. His latest victim, a 30 year old laborer from a village on the outskirts of Ranchi decided More...