A heartbreaking medical case from Canada is prompting renewed warnings from doctors around the world after an 11-year-old boy died from rabies just 19 days after waking up to find a bat lying across his nose and mouth while he slept.

The 11-year-old boy was visiting a cottage in northern Ontario in 2024 and awoke with a bat on his face.

The bat perched on the child's face only briefly, leaving no visible signs of a bite. However, the lack of detection would soon prove fatal, only weeks later the boy died of…

There have only been 28 rabies cases reported in humans in Canada since 1924

There have only been 28 rabies cases reported in humans in Canada since 1924