In a medical chain reaction so convoluted it sounds like a rejected Coen brothers plot, a Michigan man has died of rabies after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who once fought off a skunk to save a kitten. The skunk, presumably itself the victim of a rabid bat, managed to pass the virus to the donor, who then unknowingly passed it on via organ donation. — Read the rest

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