Rabies

Bats Reportedly Kill 7 Children

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2012

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Rabies-infected bats have killed 7 children in rural Peru, Fox News Latino reports. Ana Maria Navarro, a Peruvian Health Ministry official, said W...

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Bat On Plane Prompts CDC Analysis Of Rabies Exposure Risks

Posted 04.12.2012

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So much for snakes on a plane. What we should really be aware of are bats on a plane. In this week's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pu...

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Exotic Dangers: Could The Global Pet Trade Import The Next Pandemic?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.21.2011

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Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Dr. Anthony Pilny had just fin...

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Bangladesh To Vaccinate Stray Dogs To Check Rabies

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

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DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh plans to vaccinate stray dogs instead of culling them in a bid to prevent rabies that annually kills some 2,000 people...

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World Rabies Day: Vaccination as an Alternative to Clubbing and Poisoning Dogs

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.28.2011

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September 28th -- World Rabies Day -- serves as a reminder of the dangers of the deadly rabies virus that kills roughly 55,000 people worldwide per year.

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Bat On A Plane Prompts Rabies Alert

Posted 10.12.2011

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Where is Samuel L. Jackson when you need him? One week after a bat was discovered flying through an airplane cabin, health officials are trying to ...

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First Death By Vampire Bat Reported In The U.S.

Posted 10.11.2011

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U.S. health authorities have announced the first death by a vampire bat in the United States. According to the AFP, on July 15, 2010, a 19-year-old...

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Colorado's Rabid Animals Set To Break Record

The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado is on track to break the record for wildlife rabies due to the spread of rabies in skunks, which are spreading from eastern Colorado toward t...

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Vampire Bats ATTACK More Than 500 In Peru

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Northeastern Peruvians are the latest to fall victim to a vampire craze -- but this one is a lot more serious than a schmaltzy teen flick. The Per...

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Standing Up for Street Dogs in Baghdad and Beyond

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the United States, persistent euthanasia in shelters is the problem we all struggle to end. In developing countries, it is a different kind of kill...

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Coyotes Attack Girl In Front Of Westchester Home

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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RYE, N.Y. — Police say a 6-year-old girl was scratched and bitten by a pair of coyotes who charged her as she played with friends in the front y...

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Rabid Raccoons In Central Park: An Investigative Report

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Bradley Gallo and Kiran Moodley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with Betsy West's Storytelling Class at the Columbia Journalism School. The...

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China Rabies Problem Said To Stem From Eating Dog

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are a million moral and ethical arguments against eating dogs. Westerners like to make these arguments, while Chinese who enjoy the meal refu...

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What You "Know" About Rabies Shots is Wrong

Ann Medlock | Posted 11.17.2011

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There's no reason to fear rabies shots; the conventional wisdom of foot-long needles is a fiction, and the vaccine is 100% effective in preventing death by rabies.

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