MILWAUKEE -- Last December, Jeanna Giese spent Christmas in the hospital, unable to speak or walk as she suffered from the effects of rabies. This year, the 16-year-old is celebrating her improbable ...

MILWAUKEE -- The outlook remains uncertain for a Wisconsin teen who became the first person known to survive rabies without vaccination, and a new report details just how serious her illness was.

Future Virology. 2009;4(6):563-570. Delivery of vaccines to human and animal populations will always be imperfect and subject to political and economical constraints. The treatment of rabies needs to ...

While human cases of rabies in the United States are rare, it’s still a deadly disease: six people have died from rabies nationwide since September 2024, a US Centers for Disease Control and ...

WAUWATOSA, Wis. A teenager who became the first person known to survive rabies without a vaccination went home Saturday after nearly 11 weeks in the hospital, officials said. Jeanna Giese, 15, “was ...

James Vanderleest, charged with reckless homicide, hopes to change his bond, while his father has a status hearing. A crash reconstruction unit says an SUV drove up an exit ramp and hit a Two Rivers ...

Adding to the burden of rabies is the 100% fatality rate and sheer horror of the disease. Rabies is characterized by anxiety, sleeplessness, hallucinations, panic and aggression. Cognitive function is ...