Rabies is a deadly viral infection that spreads to people through the saliva of infected animals. It attacks the central nervous system and 99% of the cases are caused by infected dogs. A recent ...

It is caused by the rabies virus (a lyssavirus), which attacks the central nervous system and, if left untreated, is almost always fatal. Despite being preventable through vaccination, rabies remains ...

A dog in the Philippines is vaccinated against rabies. Owners who brought their pets in for the shot were given free pet food. (Josefiel Rivera/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images) A few years ago, ...

The first rabies case in a dog in nearly 7 years in Missouri was recently confirmed in mid-November. According to the McDonald County Health Department, lab testing from the Missouri State Public ...

For the first time in nearly 70 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is proposing a change in how dogs are imported into the United States. Revisiting guidelines last revised in ...

There is no sadder story than Old Yeller. That’s true of both the 1956 novel, written by Fred Gipson—a Hill Country native who was born in 1908 on a farm in an unincorporated part of the area about a ...

What are the dog laws in Virginia? Does Virginia have dog laws? If you live in this state, you might be wondering what the law says about issues like rabies vaccination, dog bites, dog cruelty, and ...

An injured bat that was rescued from a back garden in the Isle of Wight has tested positive for a rare rabies-like virus, known as European Bat Lyssavirus-1 (EBLV-1). Although EBLV causes a ...

KOLLAM: Panic gripped residents of Thrikkaruva in Kollam after a stray dog that bit and injured around 20 people in ...

A few years ago, as a first year doctor in the Philippines, Ricky Dann Marquez had to pin a teenage patient's hands to the hospital bed. "It was terrible. It was terrible," he says. The worry was that ...