A rabid dog attack in 1885 left 9-year-old Joseph Meister bitten in 14 places and facing an almost certain death sentence.
Rabies kills virtually every person who develops symptoms, yet a small number of patients have defied that near-absolute fatality rate. Across the medical literature, about 34 well-documented ...
Oregon's maternal mortality rate is 18.5 per 100,000 births. A free Portland doula program is working to bring that number down.
Two Tampa Bay counties have issued rabies alerts this week.