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Listen to “VEC Vaccine Notes,” a video and podcast series presented by the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Each episode offers vaccine information in a convenient format, so families have the answers they need to make informed decisions, including details and context that addresses what they may have heard in the news or in conversation with others.
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Wednesday Feb 11, 2026
Wednesday Feb 11, 2026
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about rabies and the vaccines and treatments that protect against it. She also discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccines.
Watch the episode to find out:
- How a mom saved her son by begging for the first rabies vaccine to be tested on him and the irony of that son’s adult career
- Why fewer than 15 unvaccinated people have ever survived a rabies infection and the most famous person to have died from rabies
- Why it’s important that pet cats and dogs get vaccinated against rabies
- How the two-month long incubation period is used to shape vaccine recommendations
- Who should get the rabies vaccine without a known exposure and why
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For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.
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