## Canadian boy, 11, died from rabies after waking up with bat on his mouth

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An 11-year-old Canadian boy has died from rabies after waking up with a bat on his nose and mouth.

Woken by the shock, the boy, who wasn’t named in the report, smacked the bat off his face.

Three days later, he was brought to a city hospital emergency department in Ontario with painful swallowing and vomiting.

However, the hospital discharged the child on a presumed diagnosis of herpes gingivostomatitis, which is sores in the lips or mouth caused by herpes.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency then also identified a bat rabies virus variant.

If administered promptly, before symptoms appear, rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) — a treatment that includes vaccines and immune globulin, a medication that reduces the severity of infections — can prevent rabies.

“Bats may or may not show classic signs of rabies; hence, any direct human contact with bat is considered high risk,” the University of Manitoba doctors added. »

### Ubisoft appoints former 2K and Amazon exec Christoph Hartmann to lead Creative House 2, overseeing Splinter Cell, The Division and Ghost Recon

Authored by gamesindustry.biz

Ubisoft has appointed Christoph Hartmann as General Manager of Creative House 2, the business unit that oversees the Splinter Cell, The Division and Ghost Recon franchises.

Hartmann is an industry veteran, having founded and lead the 2K Games label at Take-Two before leaving in 2017 to head up Amazon's troubled games business.

Christoph Hartmann | Image credit: Amazon Games. »

### Boy dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face

Authored by bbc.co.uk

An 11-year-old Canadian boy has died from rabies after being awoken by a bat on his nose and mouth.

The boy, who was not named in the report, swatted the bat off his face, after which his father caught the winged mammal in a pot and released it outside.

But 19 days later, the boy began experiencing numbness and swelling on his face. »

### Stanford scientists regrow lost cartilage and reverse arthritis in major breakthrough

Authored by sciencedaily.com

Samples collected during knee replacement surgeries began producing new, functional cartilage when exposed to the treatment.

This class of proteins becomes more abundant with age and contributes to declining tissue function throughout the body.

The team then examined cartilage removed from people undergoing total knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis. »

### The photos that show Russia is now weaponising civilian ships

Authored by inews.co.uk

The US airbase is widely thought to have taken delivery of a consignment of nuclear bombs last year after facilities were upgraded.

Since the beginning of this year, nine ships from Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet of sanctions-busting oil tankers have been seized by countries including France and the UK.

Nine ships from Moscow’s shadow fleet of oil tankers have been seized by countries including UK this year (Photo: Vitaly Nevar/Getty). »

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