It is estimated that the disease kills 20,000 people in India and 55,000 worldwide every year

Acknowledging that rabies is a major public health challenge in India, the government proposes to make it a priority disease for control under the 12th Five Year Plan. A viral zoonotic disease primarily infecting domestic and wild animals, rabies spreads to people through close contact with infected saliva via bites and scratches. There is no treatment available globally after the disease develops. An estimated 20,000 deaths occur annually in India due to rabies.

Rabid skunks are causing a stink in Carlsbad, N.M.

Kerala, a role-model for the rest of the nation on many aspects of social development, has added one more feather to its cap.

The Bangalore-based Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance (PDADMAS) has developed a Web-based interactive software to predict livestock diseases two months in advance in

The Sri Lankan government plans to spend over Rs. 97 million to purchase rabies vaccines to combat the fatal viral disease transmitted through animals.

As many as 70,000 people die annually from rabies which causes a loss of million of dollars to us.

LUCKNOW: If the National Rural Health Mission swindle hit the rural health services, lack of monitoring, glaring anomalies and lapses paralysed the urban heath sector in Uttar Pradesh.

The incidents of rabies’ are increasing in Pakistan where 5,000 deaths are recorded annually while rabies cases reported from India are much higher and one person is becoming prey to the zoonotic v