When a bat appears in a bedroom or living room, the real danger is often the bite you never felt. Rabies remains almost uniformly fatal once symptoms start, which is why many health officials now tell ...

Bats are beneficial to the ecosystem and rarely dangerous to humans. An infected bat can transmit rabies, a potentially fatal disease. Here's what happens if a bat bites you and what to do next. Bats ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: Our cat Brewster tangled with a bat in our house. I managed to get ...