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A teenager who became the first person known to survive rabies without a vaccination went home Saturday after nearly 11 weeks in the hospital, officials said.
...Only five people besides Giese are known to have survived the rabies virus after the onset of symptoms. But unlike Giese, they had either been vaccinated or had received a series of rabies vaccine shots before showing symptoms.
Good news: this opens the doors for a lot of potential new treatments. Bad: there's gotta be a less painful way to get your name in the history books.
...Only five people besides Giese are known to have survived the rabies virus after the onset of symptoms. But unlike Giese, they had either been vaccinated or had received a series of rabies vaccine shots before showing symptoms.
Good news: this opens the doors for a lot of potential new treatments. Bad: there's gotta be a less painful way to get your name in the history books.