You can get rabies from a cat scratch, but this is extremely rare. Rabies, a fatal nervous system disease, is transmitted via the saliva of infected mammals, so it's usually passed on to humans when a ...

KENTUCKY, USA — A northern Kentucky man died after a rabies infection. He is the first human to die from rabies in nearly 30 years, according to state health officials on Friday. They said the source ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WXIX) - A Northern Kentucky resident has died from a rare case of human rabies, health officials say. In a press release Friday, the Kentucky Department of Public Health reported that ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. -- A man in northeastern Illinois died from rabies about a month after apparently being infected by a bat he found in his room, marking the first human case of the virus in the state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DARTMOUTH — The town of Dartmouth is asking locals to "keep a lookout for oddly behaving wildlife and to refrain from interacting ...

Rabies is one of the deadliest viral diseases in the world. Once symptoms show, it is almost always fatal. According to The World Health Organization (WHO), “Rabies is a vaccine-preventable, zoonotic, ...

The CDC is investigating three others who received organs from the same donor. March 15, 2013— -- A Maryland man has died of rabies after receiving an infected donor kidney 16 months ago, ...

Tourists visiting Pattaya are being urged to stay alert and avoid contact with stray dogs and cats following a renewed government warning over rabies, a disease that is always fatal once symptoms ...