Courtesy Story | Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen | 06.29.2022
Although the most recent case of rabies in an active-duty soldier was in 2011, this fatal disease remains a threat that the U.S. Army continues to address....
Story by Amber Kurka | Public Health Command - Pacific | 09.26.2020
HONOLULU – Did you know Sept. 28 is World Rabies Day? Established in 2007, World Rabies Day is a global health day of action meant to increase awareness of the rabies virus and its impacts around the world. The day focuses on rabies prevention education, as well as inspiring community action to prevent transmission of the disease. This year’s theme is “End Rabies: Collaborate,......
Story by Amber Kurka | Public Health Command - Pacific | 05.18.2020
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — For Virginia Prieto, a veterinary technician at the Beale Veterinary Treatment Facility, enjoying a quiet day off of work scrolling through social media was nothing out of the ordinary — that was, until she saw a post that caught her attention. On April 24, Prieto noticed a post in a local community group by a woman looking to purchase goat’s milk to......
Story by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joseph Magbanua | 39th Air Base Wing | 01.27.2020
Rabies is a virus nightmares are made of. It is also a real-world threat members of Incirlik Air Base face whenever they come across the many stray and wild mammals which roam the community....
Story by Robert Kerns | Womack Army Medical Center | 09.12.2018
What do you know about Rabies? September 28 is World Rabies Day.
Courtesy Story | Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center | 06.04.2015
A soldier and his family made an unfortunate discovery in their Fort Huachuca, Ariz., home earlier this month of a small bat they later turned in to health care officials....
Story by Staff Sgt. John Etheridge | ISAF Regional Command South | 09.27.2014
Service members across Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, got their fill of canine attention celebrating World Rabies Day, a United Nations observance, at an event at the Boardwalk, Sept. 27, 2014....
Courtesy Story | Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center | 08.08.2014
The Fort Hood Veterinary Center (VETCEN) was notified Thursday, Aug. 7, that a dead bat was found on the Fort Hood Golf Course. The bat was given to a wildlife rehab specialist who brought the bat to VETCEN personnel. It was submitted for rabies testing at the Texas Department of Health Services Laboratory which notified the VETCEN of the positive test result. Fort Hood Veterinary personnel......
