To eradicate rabies from a country, it is imperative to achieve 80% dog vaccination coverage over two consecutive years to bring about herd immunity. But instead, we see how far the dog rabies ...

The Americas has made extraordinary progress, mainly by vaccinating canines. Asia and Africa —- where 95% of rabies cases happen —- have two obstacles to progress.

The bait-drops along the Eastern US are part of a massive effort to stamp out rabies, which originally infected domesticated dogs brought to North America by European settlers in the 1700s.