Grassroots dog vaccinations can help stop rabies, but not alone

(Field Museum) While scientists are trying to find a vaccine for COVID-19, the rabies virus continues to kill 59,000 people every year. But unlike COVID, a vaccine has existed for more than a century. Vaccinating dogs can stop the spread to humans, but systemic challenges make that easier said that done. In a new study, scientists where grassroots campaigns to stop rabies work-- and where they need to be coupled with large-scale efforts.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news