Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. The vast majority of rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year occur in wild animals like raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes. The rabies virus infects the central nervous system, ultimately causing disease in the brain and death. The early symptoms of rabies in people are similar to that of many other illnesses, including fever, headache, and general weakness or discomfort.
World's longest railway tunnel to open after 17 years of construction: Trains in Switzerland will travel at 155mph through 35 miles of mountain. The new Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) will measure 35.4 miles in length and is 7,545 feet below the Gotthard massif.
Indeed, the Swiss have pedigree when it comes to building alpine tunnels. The first 9-mile (15 km) Gotthard Rail Tunnel carved though the Alps opened in 1882. The 10.6-mile (16 km) St. Gotthard Road Tunnel opened in 1980, and now about 3,500 lorries squeeze through this bottleneck every day. In 1947, Swiss engineers floated plans for a flat Gotthard base tunnel to accommodate faster trains and heavier cargo loads, but construction only began in 1998.