Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Key Takeaways Cat scratch fever is a bacterial infection spread by cats when they ...

You can get rabies from a cat scratch, but this is extremely rare. Rabies, a fatal nervous system disease, is transmitted via the saliva of infected mammals, so it's usually passed on to humans when a ...

Doctors in Portugal describe how the cat likely transmitted a germ that usually only causes swollen lymph nodes and fever. Reading time 2 minutes A teen girl’s kitten turned out to cause much more ...

CLEVELAND — Cat Scratch Fever: if you were a Ted Nugent fan in the 70s, you probably remember the song. Amanda Naylor does, and that's all she thought it was, just a song. Until she learned it was a ...

Brits have been told to seek medical treatment immediately if they are bitten by their pet, after one dad was left with a rotting finger from a cat bite. Owning a pet is said to reduce your risk of ...