Now this is seriously cool

by Diane

Medical first: Rabies case treated without vaccination

Jeanna Giese, 15, contracted the deadly virus when she was bitten by an infected bat at a church on September 12 and was admitted to hospital a month later, according to hospital officials.

The disease had progressed to a point where immunisation was not an option, so a team of eight specialists decided to try something new: coma-inducing drugs to protect the teenager’s brain and a cocktail of drugs to protect her nervous system and boost her immune system.

Wow! Can’t wait to see the writeups on this in the medical journals.

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