A committee has been set up to establish the scale and extent of the outbreak along the Cape coast

Do not approach, touch or pick up stray dogs and cats — report wandering animals to local animal welfare agencies

Safety, side-effects and the jargon-filled scientific information explained for those who have concerns about getting vaccinated

Rabies kills more people in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else besides India. But a new rabies monitoring app could change that.

Rabies – first recorded centuries ago as a terrifying way to die – continues to be a daily disaster for many of the world’s poorest people.

Health officials in Angola on Monday warned that more needs to be done to prevent the spread of rabies, which has killed 82 children in Luanda.

A Zimbabwean scientist is developing a cheaper rabies vaccine made from tobacco leaves.

With rabies and related viruses in Africa as the focus of her research, Dr Wanda Markotter has an interest in the viruses found in African bats.