Vietnamese scientists on Wednesday claim to have developed a new kind of vaccines against rabies using cell-growing technique, which it says, is more effective than existing ones. However the World Health Organization has warned that rabies vaccines produced in Vietnam shows limited effectiveness.

Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh, vice director of Vietnam's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology told the Young People newspaper that the new vaccines have stronger safety indicator that currently available locally-produced vaccines

A new study has found that cats also suffer from a form of Alzheimer's disease.

Research from St. Andrews Research has revealed that cats suffer from a feline version of dementia that produces a similar build-up of proteins in the brain as human Alzheimer's patients

San Diego based company Allerca has successfully bred the world's first hypoallergenic cat for those people who are prone to the sniffles and are allergic to cats.

One such hypoallergenic cat Joshua is an 18 month old. He is one of the second generations of allergy-free cats to be bred by the company Allerca GD, who is playful and affectionate, and fully hypoallergenic

New research finds that having a dog inside the house may not be good for children who do not respond well to air pollution because they have asthma.

Dr. Rob McConnell, professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, did a study looking at the link between chronic cough, phlegm production (bronchitis) and dog and cat ownership in 475 children

British health officials confirm a 29-year-old farmer died after being infected with rabbit flu.

John Freeman is believed to be the country's first victim of rabbit flu.

He was infected earlier this month after picking up a rabbit on his farm. He took ill and died four days later