rabies

It's difficult to imagine a fate worse than rabies. A 65-year-old woman experienced the full horror of that disease -- and suffered a death that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. A new CDC case study provides the gruesome details.

This adventure begins in North Carolina. I'll let the CDC begin: "In early February 2017, two adults traveled from North Carolina to Arkansas with two dogs and 13 cats."

Unless they're eradicated smallpox-style, infectious diseases never disappear. Like an unlucky penny, they can show up at any time.

This week, a six-year-old boy tragically died after contracting rabies. He will be counted as one of only a handful of rabies deaths in the United States each year. As a side note, rabies kills about 60,000 people a year, worldwide. 

It's been one of those days where the truth is stranger than fiction.

In the United States, we don't talk about rabies very frequently. But September 28th was World Rabies Day. So, we want to revisit the topic of rabies, and some aspects of it that are lesser known. 

A walk through Brooklyn's Prospect Park this summer may not be as relaxing as it sounds.