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News: February 14, 2012
Rabid Stray Dog Spurs Shots for Shelter Workers: Report
THURSDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A newly published case history highlights the importance of rabies vaccinations for pets and animal shelter workers. The report details a situation involving a stray dog found in rural Minnesota and taken to a ...
Texas Girl Recovers From Rabies Without Intensive Care
THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The seemingly miraculous recovery from rabies of a 17-year-old Texas girl -- diagnosed months after a suspected bat bite -- is leaving doctors scratching their heads and wondering if such cases might be less r...
Rabies Vaccine Protects Against Monkey Version of HIV
FRIDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A rabies-based vaccine protects monkeys against SIV, the simian equivalent of HIV, a finding that may help in efforts to develop an AIDS vaccine, say U.S. researchers. The team from Thomas Jefferson University i...
One Shot May Someday Replace Six for Rabies
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental rabies vaccine that may require only one injection produced promising results in animals, U.S. researchers report. Currently, people exposed to rabies have to undergo six shots over 28 days -...
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