Public Health

6+ hour, 48+ min ago   (799+ words) In August, rabid beavers attacked park-goers in Maryland. Not long after that, more than 200 people in North Carolina were told to get rabies shots because baby goats at a mobile petting zoo exposed them to the deadly virus. Frightening videos…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (123+ words) WCVB CDC reports increase in human rabies exposures, doc explains the dangers Rabies is almost always fatal when symptoms begin, but it is preventable when treatment is started before symptoms begin, the chair of emergency medicine at Mass General Brigham…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1266+ words) Published Sep 14, 2026 6:45 PM EDT | Updated Sep 14, 2026 6:45 PM EDT (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that exposure to rabies appears to be on the rise across the country. During that time, the CDC said, it also…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (238+ words) Rabies virus. Stock image from Wikimedia Commons. The Alabama Department of Public Health is promoting rabies awareness following a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on a national increase in rabies exposures and the appropriate use of rabies…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (114+ words) (CNN)– The CDC is warning that rabies exposures appear to be rising across the U.S. The agency says it received 17% more rabies-related inquiries in July and August than during the same period last year. At least 8 state health departments have…...

15+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1110+ words) It’s no longer given in the stomach, for starters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert after an increase in reports of exposure to rabid or possibly rabid animals in the U.S. The alert…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (685+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning clinicians and health departments about a nationwide rise in reported human rabies exposures and treatment errors after vaccine use jumped 33% and rabies immune globulin use climbed 76% from a year earlier....

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (614+ words) A mobile petting zoo, infected young goats, and thousands of dollars in treatment costs are drawing fresh attention to a deadly disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded a 17% increase in inquiries about possible rabies exposure. In July…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (338+ words) Human exposure to rabies is on the rise this summer, warns the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to a CDC health advisory issued Sept. 10, "multiple United States jurisdictions" have reported increases in human exposure to rabies or animals…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (444+ words) EMJ This site is intended for healthcare professionals How Rabies Virus Infection Triggers Fatal Brain Immune Failure - Virulent rabies virus infection induces microglial stress phenotypes and severe neuroinflammation. - Fatal outcomes feature natural killer cell suppression, regulatory T cell expansion, and…...