Medical first: Rabies case treated without vaccination
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Chicago, November 25: A teenage girl has become the first known rabies victim to survive the disease without the benefit of a rabies vaccination, her doctors said.
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A girl receives tetanus shot from a medic at a relief camp in Nagore, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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NEW YORK  - Placement of a device that effectively sterilizes a woman can be performed safely and effectively on an outpatient basis without general anesthesia or sedation, with high rates of patient satisfaction, according to British researchers.
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Health authorities in central Romania have launched a rabies alert after a man died following an attack by an infected bear, medical sources said.
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SEREMBAN: A veterinarian and three of her children, who have been warded for observation at the Kota Baru Hospital, do not have a persistent fever or sore throat - the common symptoms of avian influenza.
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The results of the first early test of a new type of tuberculosis vaccine show that it elicits strong immune responses in adults with or without a previous bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination.
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Vaccines could be stored for years without refrigeration thanks to a technological breakthrough whichpromises to revolutionize public health care, British scientists said Tuesday.
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Virus expert says government must order vaccination of livestock.
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A unique medical case mesmerized doctors worldwide. According to Healthtalk.com, a 15-year-old female from Wisconsin survived rabies without receiving the rabies vaccine.
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On Friday, the Wayne County Health Department announced that there is no more flu vaccine available for patients without appointments.
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While rabies kills tens of thousands of people in Asia, Africa and Latin America, it is rare in developed countries. Several West European nations have eliminated the disease with aggressive vaccination campaigns.
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A US teenage girl has survivied full-blown rabies she contracted from a bat - the first human ever to do so without vaccination, TechNewsWorld reports.
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French authorities are desperately trying to find and vaccinate five people at risk of developing rabies from an infected dog.
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A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis ignored doctors' advice and took two trans-Atlantic flights, leading to the first U.S. government-ordered quarantine since 1963, health officials said Tuesday. The man, whom officials did not identify, is at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital in respiratory isolation.
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WAUWATOSA, Wis. Nov 24, 2004 - A unique combination of drugs has made a 15-year-old girl the first known human to survive rabies without vaccination, doctors said.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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The government plans to develop an experimental treatment for anthrax from the blood of people vaccinated against it. Such a medicine has never been tested on people, but scientists think it has a good chance of working based on animal tests. Federal ...