Two recent reports of human-bat encounters have resulted in tragic consequences. These unique, flying mammals sometimes live ...

A positive rabies case was recently reported in the Lithonia area involving a deceased cat, which tested positive for the ...

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 ...

Multiple people including an 8-year-old boy, were treated after they were bitten by a rabid beaver at a park in Mahwah May 3.

Two recent fatal rabies cases in Minnesota and California have underscored bats as the leading source of human rabies deaths in the United States. While bats account for about 35% of reported animal ...

The Miami County Public Health was recently informed that a bat had tested positive for rabies in the county. Officials said ...

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 ...

Rabies is one of the deadliest viral diseases in the world. Once symptoms show, it is almost always fatal. According to The World Health Organization (WHO), “Rabies is a vaccine-preventable, zoonotic, ...

After an 8-year-old boy was attacked by a beaver in New Jersey, officials now believe the animal was rabid. Here's how it ...

DeKalb County officials are warning residents in the Lithonia area about a positive rabies case involving a raccoon and a ...