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The Florida Department of Health in Citrus County issued a 60-day rabies alert after a captured cat tested positive for the ...

A woman is left shocked when a bat she rescued turned out to have had a rabies-like virus.

Rabies is a deadly virus which is passed on through injuries such as bites and scratches from an infected animal. In developing countries, people can often catch the virus from stray animals and dogs.

Even in countries that are officially rabies-free, including in their domestic animal populations – such as Australia, Sweden and New Zealand – the virus may still be found in native bat species.

The gray feral cat later tested positive for rabies, the county’s fourth case of 2025. In the days leading up to the incidents, the health department said Tuesday, three other feral cats were ...

Rabies is a deadly virus transmitted primarily through an infected animal's bite. Infection also may occur through an infected animal's saliva coming into contact with broken skin, an open wound ...

Rabies is most often transmitted through the bite or scratch of an infected animal, as the virus is present in saliva. It can also spread if infected saliva gets into open wounds or mucous ...

As the rare rabies virus that spreads to people from the saliva of infected animals claims the life of a UK woman, we take a look at where the disease can be found across the globe ...

Such wounds carry the highest risk of rabies transmission as the virus-laden saliva has a direct pathway into the body’s tissues and potentially the nervous system. If the animal licks a person ...