The Americas has made extraordinary progress, mainly by vaccinating canines. Asia and Africa —- where 95% of rabies cases happen —- have two obstacles to progress.

A rabies expert called New York authorities “insane” for killing P’Nut the Squirrel – saying the state could have figured out if the animal was dangerous without decapitation.

A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving an organ transplant. The patient, who received the transplant at an Ohio hospital in December 2024, died of the fatal virus in January 2025.

The woman, later identified as Leah Seneng, 60, marks the first human case of rabies in Fresno County since 1992. "In general, rabies is a disease that affects the brain, and it is very rare.

A Michigan resident died of rabies contracted from an organ they were donated, state health officials said Thursday. The unidentified patient died in January, a month after getting the transplant ...

A Cape fur seal on Seal Island near Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Scientists are trying to work out how rabies was passed to the seals, whether it is spreading widely among ...

Months after being scratched by a stray dog, Yvonne Ford lost “her ability to walk, talk, sleep, swallow,” said her daughter, revealing Ford died of rabies ...

A Michigan resident who received a kidney transplant died after getting infected with rabies from the organ. The same donor provided corneal grafts for three patients, the CDC said.

Then in July 2024, a rare case of rabies was discovered in a feral cat picked up in Cedarhurst. In August, a second feral cat and raccoon were picked up in Valley Stream, followed by raccoons in ...

The NHS say that those who have not had the rabies vaccine before or are immunocompromised may also have their wound treated with a medicine called rabies immunoglobulin. However, once symptoms ...

A dead seal in Elands Bay, South Africa, in 2021. According to Sea Search Research and Conservation, 17 seals have tested positive for rabies in the past three years.