NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife reported last week on a woman who brought a juvenile raccoon into the Auburn Petco on Mt. Auburn Ave to have its nails trimmed on...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources asked the people responsible for keeping the raccoon that has been seen in recent days, presumably in the Cristo Rey sector,...

The Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday that a rabies positive raccoon was discovered through routine testing following a sick animal call in Hyannis. There was no...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, The Niagara County Department of Health (NCDOH) confirmed a rabid raccoon on County Line Road, Town of Somerset. This is the fourth confirmed rabid raccoon...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Flagler County The Florida Department of Health in Flagler County issued a rabies alert for Bunnell and the Korona community in response to a raccoon that tested positive on...

Rabies is a zoonotic infection (a disease that spreads from animals to humans) that can cause a rare but life-threatening infection of the brain and nervous system in humans. It usually results from a...

The Oswego County Health Department continues to investigate reports of rabies during the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, there have been 10 cases of confirmed rabies in wildlife within the county. In February,...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control responded to North Galloway Road in Lakeland, in reference to a fight between a dog and a raccoon on Sunday. The owner of the Alaskan husky mix separated...

Health officials in Escambia County, Florida issued a rabies alert for the whole county. The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia)  received a positive test result for rabies...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New Hampshire health officials are asking the public’s help locating a man from Massachusetts who came in contact with a baby raccoon, which later died from...