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 ...

The CDC has released a new study on cat-scratch disease, often referred to as cat-scratch fever, aimed at better understanding the epidemiology of the disease to offer prevention tactics for those at ...

Cats are popular pets, but sometimes they can scratch or bite. Cat bites and scratches can cause pain and infection in humans, so it’s important to know how to provide first aid in such situations.