A man has died of rabies after receiving a kidney from another man who had died of the disease after being scratched by a skunk. In a case described as “exceptionally rare” by officials, the Michigan ...

An Idaho man who died of rabies passed the virus to another man through a kidney transplant, marking the fourth known instance in the country in nearly half a century where rabies was transmitted from ...

The case is believed to be the "fourth transplant-transmitted rabies event in the United States since 1978," according to the CDC.

On his seventh day in hospital, the man died and his post-mortem tests confirmed he had contracted rabies. An investigation into the kidney donor found that he was scratched by a skunk in late October ...

Paige Van de Vuurst, a Ph.D. student in translational biology, medicine, and health, conducts field research on vampire bats in Colombia this summer. Credit: Paige Van de Vuurst Paige Van de Vuurst, a ...

Hesitancy around vaccines has spilled over to pet owners in recent years, sparking concern about the resurgence of rabies, a virus that's nearly always fatal. Some pet owners argue against vaccinating ...