NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is reporting a confirmed rabies case in a 5-year-old gelding Warmblood at a private facility in Marion County. The horse...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Escambia County The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia) urges residents to avoid contact with wild and stray animals to protect themselves from the risk...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on rabies surveillance in Florida, the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology reported an additional six animal rabies cases in September. This...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology has reported 53 confirmed animal rabies cases since the beginning of the year through August 31. Of the 53...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Polk County (FL) Sheriff’s Office reports that on Sunday, September 5, Polk County Animal Control responded to a home on Old Bartow Eagle Lake Road in Bartow,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Florida health officials in Marion and Sumter counties are advising residents of The Villages,  Summerfield and Oxford  that a raccoon in their area has tested positive...

Sadly, as many of you may know, a 6-year-old Eustis, Florida boy lost his battle with rabies earlier this week after contracting the lethal virus through a scratch from a bat. A Orlando hospital and the...

In what is a very rare occurrence in the United States, a resident from Highlands County, Florida has died from rabies likely following a bat bite, according to local media accounts. The Florida Department...