News tagged with rabies vaccine


CDC: Rabies no longer threat to three organ recipients

Federal public health officials say three people who received organs from a rabies-infected donor in 2011 are no longer in danger of coming down with the deadly disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hundreds checked for rabies after transplant death

Public health agencies in five U.S. states are assessing the rabies risk for hundreds of people who may have had close contact with an infected organ donor and four transplant recipients, one of whom died, ...

Other created Mar 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New rabies vaccine could reduce cost, risk

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Georgia used a common dog disease-canine parainfluenza-to build a new vaccine to protect humans and animals from the rabies virus. Developers hope the new treatment will ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Playing to win the fight against rabies: A board game that can save lives

In 'Dog Village' the aim is to successfully raise a puppy that wins the honour of being best dog in the village. It is a fun board game where players have to navigate obstacles and overcome challenges but ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vaccination against infectious disease low priority for Australian travellers

New research led by the University of Sydney's Family Medicine Research Centre reveals many Australians are inadequately protecting against potentially serious infectious diseases before travelling abroad.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical trial for rabies monoclonal antibody

A pivotal clinical trial for an anti-rabies human monoclonal antibody (RMAb) being developed through a collaborative partnership between MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Serum Institute ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study finds strong evidence of humans surviving rabies bites without treatment

Challenging conventional wisdom that rabies infections are 100 percent fatal unless immediately treated, scientists studying remote populations in the Peruvian Amazon at risk of rabies from vampire bats found 11 percent of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Single vaccines to protect against both rabies and Ebola

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, among other institutions, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have developed single vaccines to protest against both rabies and ...

Medical research created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

First death by vampire bat in US

A teenager from Mexico became the first person in the United States to die after being bitten by a vampire bat and infected with rabies, US health authorities said on Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0