Fortunately, not all raccoons have rabies, per the New Jersey-based NJ Pest Control.However, according to a Purdue University resource on infectious diseases that raccoons may carry, there are ...

Health authorities are asking anyone who may have come into contact with a raccoon to contact the Columbus Environmental ...

Raccoons are cute but shy and tend to stay away from people, even if they have food – and there are reasons to keep things ...

What's the difference between you and raccoons? If you were to get drunk, your neighbors probably wouldn't tell the police that you may have rabies. But that's what happened to raccoons in Milton ...

Officials say local laws meant that Peanut should not have been kept as a pet. Mark Longo says a controversial raid violated ...

Plane-dropped bait vaccinates raccoons in the eastern U.S. : Short Wave Every year, the USDA drops millions of oral rabies vaccines across fourteen states, mostly along the eastern seaboard. In ...

Raccoon confirmed to have rabies in Anderson Co., one pet exposed. Don't panic! Rabies in humans is 100% treatable if timely care is sought. By Tyler Scott. Published: Jan. 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM EST ...

Health Raccoon that was the subject of public warnings did have rabies, officials say The Department of Public Health said anyone who came in contact with the raccoon should contact them at 617 ...

Since then four additional raccoons with rabies have been discovered in the area. There has also been an uptick in Nassau County, which documented 13 cases in 2024 and at least 13 so far this year.

The long-awaited rabies results of Peanut the Squirrel and Fred the raccoon have been shared: both animals tested negative, a county official says.. Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss ...

Six raccoons in the Amityville area have tested positive for rabies so far this year, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services said Monday. Credit: NYC Health By Nicholas Grasso nicholas ...