'First' no vaccine rabies survivor goes home

A teenager who is claimed to be the first person known to have survived rabies without a vaccination went home today after nearly 11 weeks in the hospital, officials in the United States said.

A teenager who is claimed to be the first person known to have survived rabies without a vaccination went home today after nearly 11 weeks in the hospital, officials in the United States said.

Jeanna Giese, 15, “was very excited to be going home,” said hospital spokeswoman Jackie Gauger in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

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