Vermont | Eleven people exposed to rabies after contact with baby skunk
Eleven people and several pets in Barre were recently exposed to the saliva of a baby skunk that appeared abandoned, and was rescued from the side of a road. The animal later tested positive for...
View ArticleQuebec | La rage chez les chauves-souris – Cas confirmes en Estrie
Depuis le 5 juillet 2013, l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments (ACIA) de Sherbrooke a déclaré à la Direction de santé publique (DSP) de l’Estrie des cas de rage chez des chauves-souris...
View ArticleVermont | Animal rehabilitator reminds Vermonters – Do not touch wild animals
Nancy Carey, a volunteer wildlife rehabilitator from Underhill, received two baby skunks from Barre in early July that tested positive for rabies. One had been handled by 11 people who had to be...
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Vermont | 17th annual rabies bait drop scheduled for Aug 19-25
When Robert Johnson, state public health veterinarian, learned of a lethargic skunk with a broken leg that was removed properly from old North Beach in Burlington two weeks ago by a city parks...
View ArticleChile | Ministro enfatiza cumplimiento de protocolo de vacunación antirrábica
El ministro de Salud, Jaime Mañalich, visitó esta mañana al paciente que padece rabia y que está internado en el Hospital Dr. Gustavo Fricke. En la oportunidad, hizo un categórico llamado a mantenerse...
View ArticleSouth Carolina | Fox exposes Kershaw County woman to rabies
A Kershaw County woman was exposed to rabies in the Camden area and is undergoing post-exposure treatments after being bitten by a fox that tested positive for the disease, the S.C. Department of...
View ArticleSouth Carolina | Raccoon exposes Richland County man to rabies
A Richland County man was exposed to rabies and is undergoing post-exposure treatments after being bitten by a raccoon that tested positive for the disease, the S.C. Department of Health and...
View ArticleSouth Carolina | Fox exposes Berkeley County child to rabies
A Berkeley County child was exposed to rabies in the Pineville area and is undergoing post-exposure treatments after she was bitten by a fox that tested positive for the disease, the S.C. Department of...
View ArticleWashington | Rabid bat found at Seattle playground
For the second time this summer, a rabid bat was found at Madison Park in Seattle (located at E Madison St and E Howe St). The bat was discovered by a park visitor as it clung to the bottom of a tree...
View ArticleIdaho | Teaching children to avoid bats
With schools around the state back in session, public health officials are asking parents and schools to talk with children about never handling live or dead bats. In 2006, children walking to school...
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Newfoundland and Labrador | New children’s book provides lessons about spread...
A new children’s book, Uapikun Learns About Rabies, will raise awareness of an infectious disease often spread by the bite of an infected animal. The book tells the story of how an Innu girl (Uapikun)...
View ArticleSouth Carolina | Puppy exposes four Laurens County people to rabies
Two adults and two children in the Ware Shoals area of Laurens County are undergoing post-exposure treatments after being potentially exposed to rabies by a puppy that tested positive for the disease,...
View ArticleSouth Carolina | Bat potentially exposes three Charleston adults to rabies
Three adults from Charleston have been recommended for post-exposure treatments after being potentially exposed to rabies by a bat that tested positive for the disease, the S.C. Department of Health...
View ArticleSouth Carolina | People in Oconee and Fairfield Counties exposed to rabies
Two Fairfield County adults are undergoing post-exposure treatments after being potentially exposed to rabies in the Winnsboro area of the county by a dog that tested positive for the disease, the S.C....
View ArticleFrance | Kitten diagnosed and confirmed to have rabies
The kitten was found on 25 October 2013 in the town of Argentueil, Val d’Oise, to the northwest of Paris. See a detailed map of the location. The kitten died on 28 October 2013. It was about 2 months...
View ArticleSouth Carolina | Puppy exposes one person and potentially 9 others to rabies...
Ten people have been recommended to contact their health care provider for post-exposure treatment after one person was bitten and nine others were potentially exposed to rabies by a puppy that tested...
View ArticleSC | DHEC and CDC continue to investigate RMC bat sightings
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today that patients of the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, SC, who stayed overnight in the hospital’s east wing between January...
View ArticleArizona | Rabies advisory for southern part of the state
The Arizona Departments of Health Services, Agriculture, and Game and Fish want to alert Arizonans to an increase in rabid skunks in two southern counties. Since the beginning of 2014, 13 rabid skunks...
View ArticleRhode Island | Rabid raccoon confirmed in Providence with multiple human...
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) are advising people in the area of Princeton Avenue and Burnett Street in Providence that a...
View ArticleIdaho | Teen bitten by rabid bat found in eastern Idaho park; health...
A teen in Bonneville County found what appeared to be an injured bat in a local park and was bitten while handling the animal. The bat has tested positive for the rabies virus, and the teen is...
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