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

In Beijing, government controls on population have extended from the bedroom to the kennel, as China formulates a one-dog only policy. Under the new guidelines introduced on Thursday, parents will be limited to providing one canine friend for their single child as China confronts a rabies scare.

In certain areas, larger canines such as Doberman and Labradors will be outlawed

Officials say 54,429 dogs were killed in Yunnan in an effort to put an end to rabies. Authorities in Moudin County in southwestern Yunnan province ordered mass extermination of dogs, pets and strays when three people died in a rabies outbreak.

The events in Yunnan were followed by a rabies scare in other parts of China as well

A Texas teen has died from a rabies infection medical professionals believe he contracted from a bat that flew into his bedroom.

16-year-old Zachary Jones died Friday after finding the bat, capturing it and letting it ago. His death occurs less than a week after the popular football player and straight A student was hospitalized

Unaware that he had been bitten by a bat, a Humble High School student fell ill last week. This occurred about 3 weeks after he woke up from a nap to discover that a bat had flown into his house.

According to news reports, the bat was captured, but was thrown out the window