Mugwort can help stop bleeding, reduce inflammation, and disinfect. If I heat it and apply it to a dog bite, will it kill the rabies virus? (Minh Kha, 40 years old, Dong Nai)

A man in Hop Thanh died with signs of rabies four months after being bitten on a toe of his right foot by a dog.

Do rabies patients remain conscious and feel pain even when the disease progresses to a fatal stage? (Chau Pha, 42, Tien Giang)

Nguyen Van Tuan, from Tan Dinh ward, TP HCM, was perplexed when his wife insisted he get a rabies shot after he washed a bleeding hand wound with a bar of soap partially gnawed by a mouse.

As 25-year-old Chi Dung was leaving home for a job interview, he was suddenly bitten on the ankle by a stray dog, causing him to fall onto the street.

A young boy was admitted to the hospital fearing water and wind, experiencing full-body muscle spasms, even though the dog bite wound on his finger had healed days earlier.

Individuals who have completed the full course of rabies vaccination only need two booster shots if bitten or scratched by an animal, and in some cases, anti-rabies serum is not required.

A Michigan man died from rabies after receiving a donated kidney from a patient who had been scratched by a skunk.

A 25-year-old woman from Ho Chi Minh City was bitten by her pet dog after startling it while laughing loudly in her sleep, resulting in teeth marks and bleeding.

A two-year-old boy pulled his family dog's tail forcefully, causing the dog to react and bite his lip and the area in front of his ear, requiring emergency hospitalization for open wounds.