These cryptogenic cases of rabies are associated most often with bat strains of the virus, but a chilling case report describes the first known human fatality from a raccoon strain. A 25-year-old ...

Health officials in Los Angeles County are reporting two human cases of a rare but potentially severe illness known as raccoon roundworm, which can cause severe brain, spine and eye damage.

Two people in Los Angeles have been infected with a rare parasitic infection known as “racoon roundworm”, according ... announced on Tuesday that two human cases of Baylisascaris procyonis ...