Call the doctor!
Tough as we are, like every animal, we do get sick. We are affected by rabies, with a recent case, April 2002, in South Africa where one of us, my dear friend Bob, had to be shot. He had contracted rabies and was acting aggresively towards those horrible people in a parking lot, what a awful way to die! Analysis from a sample indicated infection in a group of cats and dogs who bit Bob.
One of the horrible things that happen to us are that about half of our children reach independence. Our young are vulnerable, obviously. The cause of death includs starvation, being killed by other males and predadation. The predators for cubs include black-backed jackals, golden jackals and more.
Honey badgers do appear to have some immunity to snake venoms. A honey badger bitten on the face by a highly poisonous puff adder would show some signs of pain but recover fully within five hours. This immunity may develop over the life time of the honey badgers due to regular contact with small amounts of venom from scorpions, snakes, and bees.
Young cubs are prevented from catching poisonous snakes by thier over-sensitive mothers (which is why I'm not married) until they have the right cordination and skills, like me. Although most females are a little over-sensitive there is one I have my eye on. While we do have some immunity to bee stings, we have been stung to death in hives. Isn't that horrible! OK, know you know what to try to protect me from, so do a good job at it.