Teen Who Survived Rabies Leaves Hospital
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A teenager who became the first person known to survive rabies without a vaccination went home after nearly 11 weeks in the hospital, officials said.
Jeanna Giese, 15, was infected when a bat bit her at church in September, but she did not immediately seek treatment. She began showing symptoms of rabies in mid-October.
A team of physicians at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa induced a coma as part of efforts to stave off the usually fatal infection.
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