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Rabies/Children/At home and abroad

April 23, 2015 by kidstra

Protecting your kids from a dozen or so nasty childhood diseases has become a no-brainer. You take them regularly to where they get their shots and you can relax. Available vaccines are extremely safe and effective. Protecting your kids from rabies is different – it’s up to you. 1. Rabies is caused by a virus. […]

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Cats/Rabies/You and your children

September 24, 2013 by kidstra

September 28th is World Rabies Awareness Day. And most of us – both health professionals and others – are badly in need of a hefty infusion of rabies awareness. Rabies in cats is one such issue. Here’ what you should know: 1. There are only one or two cases of human rabies in the U.S. […]

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Rabies/Prevention/Children

November 29, 2009 by sonicblum

Several weeks ago, on Halloween evening, an eerie event interrupted the basketball game between the San Antonio Spurs, the home team, and the Sacramento Kings. A bat, the flying kind, fluttered about just above the playing floor, probably brought into the arena by a fan, as a (not-so-funny) Halloween prank. A Spurs player, Manu […]

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