In Alabama and nationwide, there have been recent increases in human exposure to rabid or potentially rabid animals. In Baldwin County, severa…
The Alabama Department of Public Health is promoting rabies awareness following a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on …
An investigation was begun September 22 after a horse in Coffee County was confirmed positive for rabies. Rabies is a viral disease that is al…
An Escambia resident was attacked and bitten by a fox on August 7 outside the victim’s residence on Highway 31 in Atmore. Another person was p…
An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday.
Fruit bats are known to carry Australian bat lyssavirus, but it is not known what species delivered the fatal bite
An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday.
As mosquito season ramps up, the Alabama Department of Public Health urges all residents to take preventive measures to protect themselves and…
Tiger mosquitoes, which transmit dengue and chikungunya, are venturing north due to warming temperatures
The feverish diseases dengue and chikungunya could soon become endemic in Europe as the tiger mosquitoes that transmit these viruses spread fa…