PHOENIX (FOX 10)-- A Phoenix hiker survived a rattlesnake bite thanks to a new type of anti-venom, which was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Sam Evans tells us he was enjoying a ...

Anavip contains venom-specific F(ab')2 fragments of immunoglobulin G (IgG) that bind and neutralize venom toxins, facilitating redistribution away from target tissues and elimination from the body.

After their son ended up in the ICU from a rattlesnake bite, a San Diego family had to pay thousands out-of-pocket for his treatment Getty San Diego toddler Brigland Pfeffer ended up in the pediatric ...

Anavip contains venom-specific F(ab’)2 fragments of immunoglobulin G that bind and neutralize venom toxins. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval for Anavip ® (crotalidae ...

A few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer was playing with his siblings in their San Diego backyard. His mother, Lindsay Pfeffer, was a few feet away when Brigland made a noise and came ...

The median number of CroFab ® vials administered to achieve control was significantly less than the median vials of Anavip ® used to achieve control. (10 vials vs 18 vials; P<0.0001). According to the ...

This spring, a few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer was playing with his siblings in their San Diego backyard. His mother, Lindsay Pfeffer, was a few feet away when Brigland made a noise ...

There are 12 snake species in Idaho, and none are perhaps as dangerous as the Western rattlesnake and prairie rattlesnake, Idaho’s two venomous snakes. Although rattlesnakes are generally not ...

Dr. Steven Curry, a medical toxicologist and professor at the University of Arizona, has treated snakebites since the 1980s — long enough to remember when the treatment represented its own form of ...