A tragic case from Gwalior has put a spotlight on a critical public health issue: confusing vaccines can cost lives. A 36-year-old man reportedly died after receiving a tetanus shot instead of the ...

A 36-year-old man died after he was allegedly administered tetanus injection instead of an anti-rabies vaccine in Gwalior. Raju Kushwaha was bitten by a dog while he was feeding him. Raju was admitted ...

That changed on July 6, 1885, when a 9-year-old French boy named Joseph Meister was the first person to be treated with an ...

Human rabies is a fatal illness. Unfortunately, about 75 per cent of human rabies cases in the world (about 55,000 annually) is found in South Asia. Rabies is caused by a virus and transmitted in the ...

While human cases of rabies in the United States are rare, it’s still a deadly disease: six people have died from rabies nationwide since September 2024, a US Centers for Disease Control and ...

A JIPMER study found that simple phone reminders before anti-rabies vaccine appointments increased completion from 60.2% to 70.4%, offering a low-cost way to improve adherence and help prevent rabies ...