Taiwan health officials say combative macaques may be positive for herpes B
Taiwanese health officials say a couple of the aggressive Formosan macaques that attacked visitors to Yushan National Park have something resembling herpes B virus in their mouths, according to a Focus Taiwan More...
Global health organizations issue statement on eve of World Rabies Day
Three global health and animal organizations issued a joint statement concerning the deadly viral disease, rabies, today, the day before the annual Sept. 28 observance of World Rabies Day. A canine suspected More...
World Rabies Day 2013: A global opportunity for people to focus on rabies prevention
World Rabies Day 2013 is this Saturday, Sept. 28. In it’s sixth year, started in 2007, the purpose of World Rabies Day is to raise awareness about the impact of human and animal rabies, how easy it is to prevent More...
Kashmir: Baby dies from rabies after stray dogs jump through her window and bite her
An eight-month old baby in Srinagar, Kashmir has died from the lethal virus rabies after being mauled by stray dogs in her home as she slept, according to a Free Press Kashmir report. According to reports by local More...
New Jersey: A dozen people receive rabies PEP after exposure to infected miniature donkey
At least 12 people have received rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after being exposed to a rabid miniature donkey on a private farm in Monmouth County, according to Monmouth County health officials. Miniature More...
My list of the five deadliest communicable diseases
I was reading a very interesting article entitled “The Five Deadliest Diseases in History” ( no longer available, unfortunately) where the author looked at the deadliest diseases in history in terms of number More...
Taiwan’s first rabies outbreak since 1959 expands, number of confirmed animal infections now at 40
The last time the island nation of Taiwan saw a case of rabies was in 1959. After being more than 50 years rabies-free, the lethal virus reappeared last July 17 in a Formosan ferret-badger. Image/Taiwan CDC Since More...
Rhode Island continues rabies advisory, second calf rabies negative
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) continue their advice for the public concerning exposure to a suspected rabid calf even after the suspicious More...
India: Two reports of humans with rabies biting other people
Two separate reports, from Madhya Pradesh state and Ludhiana in India, tell accounts of people infected with the rabies virus who later went on to bite other people. Image/CIA In the first report from Madhya Pradesh More...
Eight family members receive rabies vaccine after exposure to rabid kitten in Colorado
A family of eight in Larimer County, CO have been vaccinated for rabies after it was discovered a kitten was confirmed positive for the very lethal virus, rabies, according to Larimer County Department of Health More...
Bats, rabies, fungi and your home: A few words with Get Bats Out President, Michael Koski
It shows up in local media reports on nearly a daily basis–a bat is found in a person’s home, later to be tested positive for the deadly viral disease, rabies. Displaced batImage/Michael Korski, Get More...
Rhode Island family brings rabid raccoon in their home, 18 people affected
In late May, a Coventry, Rhode Island family in a bizarre and dangerous move, found a baby raccoon in the rural part of town and brought the creature home, according to a Rhode Island Department of Environmental More...
CDC: No supply restrictions for rabies vaccine and human rabies immune globulin
In a follow up to a March report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the previous supply restrictions on human rabies vaccine and immune globulin has been lifted, according to a CDC More...
Abilene Animal Services warn public of puppy that tested positive for rabies at shelter
The City of Abilene Animal Services is advising citizens who may have visited the Animal Shelter, located at 925 S. 25 Street, between the dates of Wednesday, May 22 and Friday, May 24 to call 325-437-4585 and More...
Filipino worker in Taiwan dies from rabies
In a follow up to a story earlier this month, officials from the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said the Filipino worker who contracted rabies in the Philippines has died from the viral disease in a hospital More...
Australian Veterinary Association warns vets, horse owners after Australian bat lyssavirus confirmed in horse
The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) is warning veterinarians and horse owners of the potential risk of a rabies-like virus recently confirmed in a horse, according to a AVA media release today. Micro-batImage/Video More...
Taiwan reports first imported case of rabies of 2013 in Filipino worker
A Filipino migrant worker is the first case of human rabies to reported in 2013, according to an alert from the Taiwnese Centers for Disease Contol(CDC) on Sunday. The 31-year-old Filipino man apparently received More...
Alaska officials report second wolf positive for rabies in Chandalar Lake region
For the second time in as many weeks, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) officials report a rabies-infected wolf in the Chandalar Lake area, about 200 miles north of Fairbanks. According to officials, More...
Arizona woman attacked by rabid bobcat behind a Lowe’s Home Improvement store
A Navajo County, Arizona sheriff responded to a call Sunday where a young woman was attacked by a bobcat behind the Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse in Show Low, according to a Arizona Game and Fish Department More...
What is Baylisascaris procyonis?
Baylisascaris procyonis is a roundworm found in the small intestines of raccoons. They excrete the eggs of this parasite in their feces. The eggs can survive in the environment for years under favorable conditions. More...