People exposed to rabies need only four vaccinations, not the five currently recommended, a vaccine advisory committee said Wednesday. In the past, rabies shots were dreaded almost as much as the disease itself. Until the 1970s, an encounter with a rabid animal led to at least 14 shots in the abdomen. But vaccines have improved, and five shots in the arm or thigh have been the U.S. standard for more than 20 years. . . .
USATODAY.com - June 24, 2009
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-06-24-rabies-vaccine_N.htm?csp=34
