Bats play an important role in many ecosystems around the world. They are a major predator of night-flying insects, including ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the virus has spread in sea mammals. At least ...

"The parents looked, didn't see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva, and didn't seek getting a rabies vaccine," a health official said.

Salem's Lot cures a character from a vampire bite by receiving a rabies shot, but how does this vaccine stop the individual ...

Most people have this notion about rabies that it is caused only by dog bites, whereas it is not so. This disease is also caused by bites of many other animals. Let us tell you, a virus ...

the City of Cape Town wants to remind residents and visitors that the rabies virus is now considered endemic in the Cape Fur Seal population, as such, beachgoers and recreational users are advised to ...

The genes of the rabies virus found in the seals matched the rabies in black-backed jackals in Namibia. Close examination also showed rabies was being transmitted between seals because most of the ...

DALRRD alerted the public on the risks associated with rabies, a fatal viral disease that affects all mammals and is transmissible from animals to humans. The virus is transmitted in infected ...

All 26 cases were fatal. Bats are common carriers of the rabies virus in Ontario. (AP) While other wild animals such as raccoons, skunks, foxes and dogs can become infected, rabid bats have ...

In Minnesota, two natural animals carry the rabies virus: bats and skunks. People in Minnesota usually contract the disease from a bat bite. Treatment for rabies is nearly 100% effective at ...