Philippines seeks to end rabies deaths in two years
The Philippines plans to vaccinate seven million dogs within two years to end its status as one of the world's most rabies-prone nations, the health department said Monday.
View ArticleResearch identifies compounds that control hemorrhagic viruses
People fear diseases such as Ebola, Marburg, Lassa fever, rabies and HIV for good reason; they have high mortality rates and few, if any, possible treatments. As many as 90 percent of people who...
View ArticleFrom bite site to brain: How rabies virus hijacks and speeds up transport in...
Rabies (and rabies virus, its causative agent) is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected animal into muscle tissue of the new host. From there, the virus travels all the way to the brain...
View ArticleAgonizing rabies deaths can be stopped worldwide
The deadly rabies virus—aptly shaped like a bullet— can be eliminated among humans by stopping it point-blank among dogs, according to a team of international researchers led by the Paul G. Allen...
View ArticleHow rabies "hijacks" neurons to attack the brain
Rabies causes acute inflammation of the brain, producing psychosis and violent aggression. The virus, which paralyzes the body's internal organs, is always deadly for those unable to obtain vaccines in...
View ArticleNew viral tools for mapping brains
(Medical Xpress)—A brain-computer-interphase that is optogenetically-enabled is one of the most fantastic technologies we might envision today. It is likely that its full power could only be realized...
View ArticleBeating the clock: Researchers develop new treatment for rabies
Successfully treating rabies can be a race against the clock. Those who suffer a bite from a rabid animal have a brief window of time to seek medical help before the virus takes root in the central...
View ArticleStudy exposes shocking lack of rabies reporting in countries where risk is...
The first global survey of rabies reporting systems, published this week, has uncovered a shocking lack of preparedness against this deadly disease across Africa and Asia. Accurate reporting of rabies...
View ArticleInternational collaboration essential in fight against rabies, new study finds
A new study, published today in the journal PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases has given new insights into the spread of rabies in the Middle East, showing that the deadly disease regularly moves between...
View Article160 people die of rabies every day, says major new study
A global study on canine rabies, published today (16 April 2015), has found that 160 people die every single day from the disease. The report is the first study to consider the impact in terms of...
View ArticleFirst case of rabies in over a decade: Lessons for healthcare personnel
A team of French clinicians has diagnosed the first case of rabies in that country since 2003. Only 20 cases of human rabies had been diagnosed in France between 1970 and 2003. Moreover, the patient...
View ArticleProtect yourself and your pet from rising threat of rabies
A bat flying erratically during daylight hours, a raccoon slowly wandering down the middle of a road, a fox that does not run away when you approach, a dead skunk in your horse's corral.
View ArticleEight get rabies shots after student brings bat to school
Eight people in Montana are receiving rabies shots as a precaution after a middle school student found a bat at home and brought it to science class in a bag, health officials said.
View ArticleEuropean rule changes on cross border pet transport may heighten rabies risk
Recent changes to regulations on the transport of pets across Europe may have increased the threat of introducing rabies from rescue dogs into countries considered free of the disease, suggests...
View ArticleWHO says the international community must do more to take action against rabies
A new report from the World Health Organisation urges the global community to accelerate action against rabies and other neglected zoonotic diseases.
View ArticleResearchers test Ebola vaccine for wild apes
Amid promising reports of effective Ebola vaccines for humans, a vaccine that could potentially protect endangered wild apes from deadly infectious diseases, including the Ebola virus, is being tested...
View ArticleEvery nine minutes, someone in the world dies of rabies
A human death from rabies is a tragic but rare thing in the United States and most developed nations. It's just as tragic but sadly common in parts of the world where some 3 billion people are at risk...
View ArticleNeuroscientists develop new tools to safely trace brain circuits
Scientists at Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute have developed a new viral tool that dramatically expands scientists' ability to probe the activity and circuitry...
View ArticleRabid bats kill 12 children in Peru
At least 12 indigenous children in Peru have died from rabies after being bitten by blood-sucking bats, which locals at first blamed on witchcraft, health officials said.
View ArticleMobile phone surveillance could help tackle rabies
A mobile-phone-based system for rabies surveillance in Tanzania is demonstrating huge potential for mobile technologies to improve public health service delivery, especially in resource-poor settings,...
View ArticleImproved brain mapping tool 20 times more powerful than previous version
Salk Institute scientists have developed a new reagent to map the brain's complex network of connections that is 20 times more efficient than their previous version. This tool improves upon a technique...
View ArticleEvaluation of commercially sold rapid rabies tests reveals serious problems...
Rabies virus (RABV) transmitted by dogs is responsible for an estimated 60,000 human deaths per year, especially in Asia and Africa. If humans bitten by a rabid animal are treated quickly, the disease...
View ArticleTwo in China receive kidney transplants, contract rabies and die
Two men in China died of rabies after receiving kidney transplants from an infected donor, according to Chinese medical researchers.
View ArticleStudy finds climate, landscape changes may lead to more rabid skunks
While striped skunks already have a nose-worthy reputation for being avoided, new research at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine finds they carry a serious health threat for...
View ArticleRabies vaccine effective even after warm storage
A Washington State University-led research team determined rabies vaccines stored at warmer temperatures still protect against the disease in dogs.
View ArticleResearchers combine MERS and rabies viruses to create innovative 2-for-1 vaccine
In a new study, researchers have modified a rabies virus, so that it has a protein from the MERS virus; this altered virus works as a 2-for-1 vaccine that protects mice against both Middle East...
View ArticleStudy finds vaccination is the most cost-effective way to reduce rabies...
Every year in India, 20,000 people are estimated to die from rabies. Most of the victims are children. Nearly all of the deaths occur after victims are bitten by rabid dogs. For years, experts have...
View ArticleRabies is a real and rising threat to people and pets
The warm months are a time to beware of rabies as an infectious disease that can threaten the health of people and their pets – a fact underscored in mid-May, when state health agencies reported that...
View ArticleMalaysia hit by first rabies deaths in almost 20 years
Two Malaysian children have died after contracting rabies, the country's first such deaths in almost two decades, as authorities battle a rare outbreak of the disease, officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleResearch reveals how rabies can induce frenzied behavior
Scientists may finally understand how the rabies virus can drastically change its host's behavior to help spread the disease, which kills about 59,000 people annually.
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