Scientist in South Africa believe they have successfully identified the first time the rabies virus has spread to sea mammals ...

The only other known case of rabies in a sea mammal was in a ringed seal in Norway's Svalbard islands in the early 1980s.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed ...

Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the ...

Rabies is a viral disease transmitted through the saliva of infected animals such as dogs, bats, and raccoons. It affects the ...

The next step is to visit a doctor for a shot of rabies immunoglobulin (which binds to the virus) and a course of rabies vaccines. With this course of action, contracting rabies is extremely unlikely.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO): “Once the virus infects the central nervous system and clinical symptoms appear, rabies is fatal in 100 per cent of cases.” Until now ...

A person from the Brantford-Brant area is in hospital with the first case of human rabies in Ontario since 1967, according to the Brant County Health Unit (BCHU). The details surrounding the case ...

Rabies, though rare, is a serious virus in humans. If you have direct contact with any animal known to carry rabies, you should seek immediate medical attention. Rabies is a viral infection that ...

“The virus is present in every continent in the world, except for Antarctica.” Rabies can infect any mammal and spread through bites or other contact with the saliva of infected animals in ...

Ontario has recorded its first domestically acquired case of human rabies since 1967. The Brant County Health Unit said Friday that a resident of Brantford-Brant is currently hospitalized with the ...

However, skunks tend to have more of the rabies virus in their saliva. Unvaccinated dogs and cats bitten by a known rabid animal should be put down immediately, according to DSHS. If the owner is ...