RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAW) - The Oneida County Health Department is reminding everyone that rabies is deadly, but can be prevented. In the U.S., bats are the main cause of human rabies deaths. While ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: Our cat Brewster tangled with a bat in our house. I managed to get ...

When a bat appears in a bedroom or living room, the real danger is often the bite you never felt. Rabies remains almost uniformly fatal once symptoms start, which is why many health officials now tell ...

A bat found in Lewis County has tested positive for rabies virus at the Washington Public Health Laboratories, Lewis County ...

Bats emerging from crevices in June 2024 under the Interstate 80 causeway in Yolo County. (Paul Kuroda/For The Times) Dozens of rabid bats have been found in Los Angeles County this year, causing ...

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting that there have been two bats that have tested positive for rabies in Douglas County within the last two weeks. There was both animal and human ...

June means bat season in Pitkin County, which means the chance of rabies exposure is increasing. After a rabies training for animal control with the Colorado Department of Public Health & ...

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, MI – A person was bitten by a rabid bat in southeast Michigan, health officials say. The St. Clair County Health Department was notified by the Michigan Department of Health and ...

A rise in the number of rabies-carrying bats in Riverside County prompted health officials on Wednesday to remind residents to take extra precautions to avoid contact with the creatures to prevent any ...

Just days after a pest control company branded Los Angeles the nation’s “rattiest” major city, health officials delivered another blow this morning, announcing 61 rabid bats had been found so far in ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — A bat tested positive for rabies in Spokane County. According to the Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD), the test was confirmed positive on July 3. SRHD said this is the ...