In the first days of September, nearly 300 people in North Carolina found themselves unexpectedly entangled in one of medicine's most sobering emergencies — potential rabies exposure — after visiting a traveling petting zoo where multiple baby goats tested positive for the virus. The incident is a quiet reminder that the spaces where we seek simple joy, where children reach out to touch small animals, are not exempt from the ancient, unresolved negotiations between human society and the natural world. Rabies is almost always fatal once symptoms emerge, yet entirely preventable with swift inter
Nearly 300 exposed to rabies at North Carolina mobile petting zoo
Nearly 300 people were potentially exposed to rabies and may require post-exposure prophylaxis treatment.