A tragic series of events led to a fatal case of transplant-related rabies earlier this year. Health officials announced Thursday that an organ recipient who underwent transplant surgery in Ohio died ...

A Michigan resident who received a transplant in December died after having been infected with rabies from the new organ, the state health department said Wednesday. “A public health investigation ...

A Michigan man died of rabies he contracted after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who became infected — and later died — while rescuing a kitten from a rabid skunk, according to health ...

Typically, the rabies virus is transmitted through animal bites or scratches. However, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported a Michigan man died earlier this year from rabies after receiving a ...

A Michigan man died from rabies after receiving a kidney transplant at an Ohio hospital. The donor was likely infected with rabies after being scratched by a skunk weeks before his death. Rabies is ...

Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials. By Rylee Kirk A man died of rabies after getting a kidney transplant from another ...