When science said “impossible,” she proved otherwise.
Rabies has a 99.9% fatality rate... but this 8-year-old didn’t get the memo. 8-year-old Precious Reynolds from Humboldt County, California, rewrote medical history. She became only the third person in the U.S. to survive clinical rabies without a vaccine. Against all odds, her body — and a relentless medical team — pulled off what doctors once thought couldn’t be done.