New York Post June 30, 2026 β€’ 16:54

11-year-old boy dies of rabies after bat lands on face while he slept - New York Post

By Anna Young

11-year-old boy dies of rabies after bat lands on face while he slept - New York Post

β€œIf you get symptomatic rabies infection, it is near universally fatal. But if you get the prevention before symptoms develop, it is near universally successful.”

An 11-year-old boy who woke to find a bat on his face later died of rabies β€” even though there were no warning signs that he’d been scratched or bitten, according to a scientific paper highlighting t… [+2384 chars]

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