Rabies virus hijacks the nervous system’s machinery, manipulating it to move rapidly and target systems like the brain.

Anne Arundel County Health Department issued an alert after a raccoon tested positive for Rabies in Shadyside, Maryland.

In humans, the incubation period usually lasts between 12 to 48 hours. Symptoms appear very suddenly but usually only last for two to three days before the bug clears. Hygiene is a top priority to ...

Five more people who presumably contracted the bird flu are being tested amid outbreaks in California's dairy industry, health officials confirmed Monday. The five new possible positive cases are ...

"Rabies is a fatal, yet preventable, viral disease primarily transmitted through the bite of infected animals; after exposure, the incubation can last from ... of RRVV over a 10-month surveillance ...

That's because the strain of rabies the 6-week old kitten carried had never been detected so far west: The nearest other cases of the Eastern raccoon rabies virus variant (RRVV) were on the East Coast ...

"Rabies is a fatal, yet preventable, viral disease primarily transmitted through the bite of infected animals; after exposure, the incubation ... 10-month surveillance period" was found, the ...