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A raccoon that had been attacked by multiple dogs last week has tested positive for rabies, Gwinnett County officials say.

Authorities say the attack happened on July 8 near Tree View Drive in Snellville.

The three dogs involved in the attack are now undergoing evaluation and rabies post-exposure management by veterinarians.

Georgia is a rabies-endemic stat

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World Zoonoses Day highlights diseases that spread from animals to humans. Learn meaning, major zoonotic diseases, causes, and how to prevent infections.

World Zoonoses Day is observed every year on July 6 to raise awareness about diseases that spread from animals to humans. These diseases are known as zoonotic diseases or zoonoses.

The day also marks an important milestone in medical history, the successful development of the rabies vaccine by Louis Pasteur in 1885, which became a major breakt

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After the death of a child in Ontario, Canada, doctors are urging people to seek medical attention after direct contact with a bat, even if there are no signs of a bite or scratch.

The case involved an 11-year-old boy who woke up with a bat on his face, over his nose and mouth, but had no visible wounds. His parents concluded that, since the animal did not seem to be behaving strangely, they did not need to seek medical treatment.

Nineteen days later, he went to the hospital with some facial nu

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In 2024, a Canadian boy from Ontario visited a family vacation cottage in Sudbury, a rural region of the country. One night, he suddenly woke up feeling something heavy on his face. The child was startled to find a bat resting directly over his nose and mouth, but quickly swatted it away. His parents also trapped the bat under a cooking pot and removed it from the cottage. However, they did not seek medical care because the boy had no physical injuries. There were no wounds, scratches or cuts on

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An 11-year-old Canadian boy has died from rabies after being awoken by a bat on his nose and mouth.

The incident took place while the child was on a visit to a cottage in Ontario with his family in 2024, according to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal published on Monday.

The boy, who was not named in the report, swatted the bat off his face, after which his father caught the winged mammal in a pot and released it outside.

The boy's parents did not immediately seek medical at

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Preventive treatment may be needed for anyone who handled or was attacked by the animal.

LAKE SHORE, Md. - The Anne Arundel County Department of Health is looking for anyone who may have come in contact with a raccoon on or near McGill Court and Milburn Circle in Pasadena after the animal tested positive for rabies.

What we know:

Officials said the raccoon was found on June 15. Anyone who had contact with the animal, or whose pet has unexplained wounds, is asked to call the Anne Arundel County

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SHENZHEN, June 22, 2026 - (ACN Newswire) - China Medical System Holdings Limited (867.HK/8A8.SG) ("CMS", or the "Group") is pleased to announce that, the New Drug Application for Silevimig Injection (GR1801, the "Product"), a Class 1 therapeutic biological product has been approved by the National Medical Products Administration of the People's Republic of China ("NMPA") and the drug registration certificate was obtained on 22 June 2026. The Product is indicated for passive immunization in adults following rabies virus exposure. Silevimig Injection is the world's first fully human bispecific antibody targeting dual epitopes of the rabies virus ("RABV"), which is consistent with the recommendations of the World Health Organization ("WHO") for a "cocktail" therapeutic paradigm. It demonstrat...
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Indonesia's Jembrana regency reported at least 33 confirmed rabies cases in animals for the first half of the year.

NEGARA, Indonesia - The attack of three residents, including two children, by a rabid dog in Indonesia's Jembrana regency has renewed attention on Bali's rabies crisis, with the province continuing to rank among the country's hardest-hit areas for the deadly disease.

Authorities said the incident occurred on June 15 in East Tegal Badeng village, Negara district, when a three-year-

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Taiz Governorate is experiencing a significant rabies outbreak, with more than 400 human cases recorded in the first five months of 2026 against a backdrop of uncontrolled stray dog populations, near-absent animal management campaigns, and critical shortages of both rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin. The situation is compounded by conflict-driven collapse of health infrastructure, rendering PEP largely inaccessible and leaving exposed individuals — particularly children — at near-maximum fatality risk. True case burden is likely substantially higher than reported figures suggest.

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Between August and December 2025, HPAI and ASF accounted for most of the 6000 wildlife disease outbreaks reported across 52 countries. HPAI remains the primary concern due to its impact on threatened species and continued adaptation in mammals, while new detections of West Nile fever in Belgium and rabies in Kazakhstan highlight the geographic spread of zoonotic diseases. The true global burden is likely underestimated because of limited wildlife surveillance in Africa and Asia.

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