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Rabies Season: Resident Bitten By Rabid Bat Several Times In Washington State KEY POINTS The bat is the first to test positive for rabies in the county this year The vast majority of rabies cases in the U.S. occur in wild animals A resident of Sammamish City in King County, state of Washington, was bitten several times by a bat that eventually tested positive for rabies. The resident reportedly found the bat in their yard and was attempting to move it by picking it up while wearing gardening gloves, Public Health-Seattle & King County said in a news release. However, the bat reportedly beca...

Imagine having a terrible medical condition and not knowing what it was. More than 400,000 Albertans have a rare disease. Many of them face challenges getting the right diagnosis, let alone finding the right specialist and obtaining effective treatment. Some cases are deadly; others can have a major impact on a patient’s day-to-day life. Advances in genetic screening in the last two decades mean a higher percentage of these diseases are diagnosed. But current tests—which rely largely on DNA sequencing—have their limitations, said Peter Kannu, associate professor and chair of the Univers...

Date Time Researchers launch program to diagnose genetic diseases in children A new University of Alberta pilot program aims to find answers and better treatments for children living with rare genetic conditions. The Undiagnosed Disease Program, launched in January, is a collaboration between the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI) and U of A researchers from medical genetics and pediatric neurology to provide a diagnosis to patients in the health system who are suspected to have a genetic condition that has not been identified. “Patients see doctor after doctor, and us...

 E-Mail PHILADELPHIA--Scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered the molecular causes of a congenital form of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), an often-fatal heart disorder. This inherited form of DCM -- which affects at least several thousand people in the United States at any one time and often causes sudden death or progressive heart failure -- is one of multiple congenital disorders known to be caused by inherited mutations in a gene called LMNA. The LMNA gene is active in most cell types, and researchers have not understood why LMNA mu...

Need for government funding continues for US citrus The recently $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package for this fiscal year -for government programs approved by Congress- continues to fund programs to battle citrus disease. Funding again was provided to help fight the Huanglongbing and the Asian Citrus Psyllid which spreads the disease. This year's package again provides $69.5 million to the Citrus Health Response Program. Citrus grower organizations from California, Texas and Florida also contribute to the program to offset the cost to growers when it comes to the Citrus Pest and Disease Pr...