A Michigan man contracted rabies from an infected person through an organ transplant. The man died in February, 51 days after he received a kidney transplant from an infected Idaho man, according to a ...

A Michigan man died of rabies he contracted after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who became infected — and later died — while rescuing a kitten from a rabid skunk, according to health ...

Typically, the rabies virus is transmitted through animal bites or scratches. However, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported a Michigan man died earlier this year from rabies after receiving a ...

A Michigan man who received a kidney transplant died last December after contracting rabies from an organ donor who also died from the disease, the CDC said in a Dec. 4 report. Four notes: 1. In ...

A tragic series of events led to a fatal case of transplant-related rabies earlier this year. Health officials announced Thursday that an organ recipient who underwent transplant surgery in Ohio died ...

A Michigan man died from rabies after receiving a kidney transplant at an Ohio hospital. The donor was likely infected with rabies after being scratched by a skunk weeks before his death. Rabies is ...