Today is World Rabies Day, a reminder that rabies still kills an estimated 59,000 people every year. A nine-year-old girl in India was one of them. She was bitten by a dog near her home in India. The girl was afraid of the anti-rabies injection and did not receive treatment after the bite. Five months later, she developed rabies and died. Rabies kills dogs, too. The virus attacks the brain and nervous system, causing confusion, agitation, seizures, and paralysis. Once symptoms appear,…
