An organ transplant procedure turned tragic for a Michigan resident who unknowingly received a kidney from a rabies-infected donor, leading to a fatal infection, a recent report revealed.
Health officials revealed that an unidentified patient, who received a kidney from a rabies-infected donor in December 2024, tragically died in Ohio in January 2025. The donor, who was not from Ohio or Michigan, had been exposed to a wild animal in Idaho five weeks prior to their death but did not seek medical attention and passed away without exhibiting the typical symptoms of rabies.
