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Patient received the organ in Ohio and died in Michigan, health officials confirmed.. A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving an organ transplant. The patient, who received the transplant at an Ohio hospital in December 2024, died of the fatal virus in January 2025, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) confirmed ... "The person was a recent organ transplant recipient, and a public health investigation determined they contracted rabies through the transplanted organ," ... The organ donor was not a Michigan or Ohio resident, according to health officials. No additional information has...

The raccoon tested negative for rabies. Officials do not know how it got into the home.. A child was hospitalized after a raccoon attack inside the family's home... The incident happened on Monday in Cassia County after the child's mom had just returned home with the infant still in the carrier... The mother then heard a loud noise in the home and ran to the infant to find a raccoon attacking him.. “The mother found a raccoon attacking her infant. She was able to grab the animal to stop the attack,” .. The child was taken to the Cassia Regional...

An art teacher at Bryant Middle School in southern Merced County, died last week of rabies. It's presumed Leah Seneng got rabies from a bat that had entered her classroom. Seneng told a friend that she noticed the bat in her classroom around mid-October. According to the California Department of Public Health, one of the most common sources of rabies in humans is from bats. The CDPH is warning the public not to handle bats, as bites often go unnoticed. They also warn you to wash the affected areas if you touch a bat and to seek emergency care if...

The death of Leah Seneng, 60, last week was confirmed to be from the horrific disease by Fresno County health officials, according to the report. Seneng had tried to save a bat she found lying in her classroom at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos in mid-October, her dear friend Laura Splotch told the TV news outlet. “I don’t know if she thought it was dead or what cause it was laying around her classroom and she was trying to scoop it up and take it outside,” Splotch told ABC30.

P’Nut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon did not have rabies, officials announced — as it was revealed the animals were marked for death and decapitation days before they were seized by the state. The internet famous P’Nut and his raccoon pal were taken from an Upstate New York home by force in a raid by state agents on Oct. 30 that sparked outrage and accusations of government overreach as the pets were euthanized to test for rabies. “Results are negative,” Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss told The Post Tuesday. A newly revealed timeline shows state officials advised the county...

A pet squirrel that gained social media fame was euthanized by state wildlife officials as part of a test for rabies. The squirrel's owner claims excessive force was used to seize his pet earlier this week. Wildlife officials said it is illegal to own the wild animal.

A Google search for "Frio Cave" makes the Uvalde County, Texas destination look like a tourists' dream. One quickly learns that the cave is home to tens of millions of Mexican free-tailed bats, and that you can sometimes witness the flapping horde streaming out of their dark, dank home just before sunset, clouding the sky in a "once in a lifetime experience." But Frio Cave has a darker history that visitors websites don't mention. More than fifty years ago, two humans contracted rabies while spelunking there. That humans would get infected with rabies while visiting a bat-infested cave isn't altogether...

A woman in Wisconsin who survived a harrowing brush with death is celebrating a major milestone this year. Jeanna Giese became the first person in the world to survive rabies without receiving the life-saving vaccine 20 years ago. “It’s almost surreal to think, ya know, 20 years,” she said. “My life changed completely when I got sick.” In 2004, Giese was 15 years old and living in Fond du Lac. She was attending church one Sunday morning with her mother when a bat was seen flying around during the service. “It flew to the back of the church and one...

Arlington Police and Animal Services officers are continuing the hunt Wednesday for a coyote that is believed to have attacked two children in separate incidents at Parkway Central Park. The first attack happened on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the park located in the 600 block of Van Buren Drive near Lamar Boulevard and Cooper Street, according to the City of Arlington.

OGLETHORPE COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities told residents to be aware of a rabid animal in the area. Oglethorpe County Fire and Rescue officials said on Friday at 6:30 p.m., crews received reports of an aggressive bobcat in the area of Melton Road and Williams McCurley Road in Winterville. [snip] The identities and conditions of the victims have not been released.

Startling surveillance video shows a raccoon attacking a 5-year-old girl in Connecticut. Rylee MacNamara's mother heard the screams of terror and raced to the rescue. They didn't know if the raccoon was rabid - but it was aggressive. The chaotic scene unfolded Friday morning in Ashford - just east of Hartford. "I was going out to get on the bus and a raccoon was there and it tried to attack me," said Rylee. Rylee's mom was swinging the animal around and warning neighbors to keep their distance. Then, using all her might, she flung the critter into her front yard....

The "aggressive" fox that Capitol Police captured Tuesday tested positive for rabies after biting at least nine people around Capitol Hill, according to District of Columbia Department of Health officials. The female fox was "humanely euthanized" earlier Wednesday in order to test it for rabies, DC Health said Wednesday evening, noting that the agency is contacting "all human victims who were bitten by the fox." Some on the internet were quick to call for the fox -- who was captured with the help of the Humane Rescue Alliance -- to be freed. "As a fox, I cannot speak. And too...

An Illinois man died this month in the state's first human case of rabies since 1954, according to health officials on Tuesday.The Lake County man, in his 80s, awoke in mid-August to find a bat on his neck...The bat was captured and tested positive for rabies, but when health officials told the man he needed to start post-exposure rabies treatment, he declined, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said...He subsequently died and a bat colony was found in his home.

A Nebraska zoo is recommending that nearly 200 campers and staff members get rabies shots after they were potentially exposed to a rabid bat earlier this month. Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium said that one of the 186 people participating in an overnight campout event at the facility on July 4 woke up to a wild bat flying around her head, according to The Associated Press. While an emergency medical official at the zoo said there were no bites or scratches found on the camper, the zoo located seven wild bats in the aquarium, one of which tested positive...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a multistate public health investigation after at least 12 people were exposed to a dog, imported from Azerbaijan by a rescue group, that tested positive for a rabies variant. The dog was among a group of 33 canines and one cat that arrived at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on June 10. None of the other animals have tested positive, but all are considered to have been exposed... ...According to testing by the CDC, the dog was infected with rabies before it arrived in the United States. Other animals in the shipment...

At least three people in Rego Park, in Queens, have been jumped upon and bitten by a possibly deranged squirrel New York City is not known for hair-raising animal experiences – save for the odd pizza-loving rat – but one city neighborhood is being subjected to an unwelcome slice of the wild by being terrorized by a highly aggressive squirrel. At least three people in Rego Park, in the borough of Queens, have been jumped upon and bitten by the possibly deranged squirrel in recent weeks. The tree-based rodent’s reign of terror has made some people in the area afraid...

PALM COAST, Fla. — A woman is now facing felony charges after resisting arrest and biting a deputy Friday, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Officers responded to a call in Palm Coast in reference to a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival, deputies met with Cherie Saunders, 38 in her driveway with her make-up smeared, no shoes, slurred speech and a heavy scent of alcohol coming from her, according to deputies. During the investigation, deputies say they determined that Saunders had slapped a male resident inside the home. When deputies were trying to resolve the situation, she became argumentative and...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is ending medical research by government scientists using human fetal tissue, a victory for abortion foes that comes despite impassioned pleas from scientists that some health problems can't be studied any other way. Research using fetal tissue that otherwise would be discarded has been funded by the government, under leadership of both political parties, for decades — and has led to life-saving advances including development of vaccines for rubella and rabies, and drugs for the HIV virus. Officials said government-sponsored research by universities will be allowed to continue, subject to additional scrutiny....

An animal lover died after being bitten by a puppy she rescued that was infected with rabies, according to reports. Birgitte Kallestad passed away Monday — more than two months after taking in the dog she found roaming the streets of the Philippines, the family said in a statement reported by the Daily Mail. “Our dear Birgitte loved animals,” her family said. “Our fear is that this will happen to others who have a warm heart like her.” The 24-year-old Norwegian was on vacation with her pals and riding mopeds when they came across the pooch.

A deadly disease that has affected the deer population in an estimated 24 states and two Canadian provinces could eventually spread to and infect humans, experts warn. Speaking at the Minnesota State Capitol last week, experts from the University of Minnesota told lawmakers of the dangers of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), or what the U.S. Geological Survey describes as a “ fatal, neurological illness occurring in North American cervids (members of the deer family), including white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and moose.” MINNESOTA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SHOOT MULE DEER EXHIBITING ‘STRANGE BEHAVIOR’Currently, there are no vaccines or treatments available for the disease, which...