Human Rabies

Among people who inject drugs, partial-oral antibiotic treatment for bone and joint infections was effective when paired with medical respite and specialized follow-up care, researchers reported.

Human rabies breakthrough infections are rare. However, researchers found that when they occur, they can be attributed to deviations from core practices or errors in administration of vaccination or rabies immunoglobulin.

Five people died from rabies in the United States last year, including three in just a 6-week span from Sept. 28 to Nov. 10 — a “sobering reminder,” one expert said, of the risk still posed by one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

A phase 4 trial demonstrated that a human rabies immune globulin was safe and effective in children when given as part of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis, researchers reported in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.