Rabies case raises public notification questions | NC Health News
WEBAug 2, 2024 · From Jan. 1 to July 31 this year, the State Laboratory of Public Health found 46 positive cases of rabies in raccoons followed by 22 cases in foxes, 21 in bats and 17 in skunks. During that same period, 13 cats tested positive.
Raccoon rabies vaccinations will drop from the sky in ... - CBS News
WEBJul 27, 2024 · PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Aircraft will drop rabies vaccination baits across Allegheny County next month as part of a massive effort to eventually eradicate the raccoon variant of the virus from the...
USDA Continues Field Assessment of Oral Rabies Vaccine for Raccoons …
WEBThis year’s field assessment will evaluate ONRAB’s distribution methods and effectiveness in raccoons, skunks, and other wildlife. Rabies is a serious public health concern. While rabies is almost always fatal once symptoms appear, it also is 100 percent preventable.
Plane-dropped bait vaccinates raccoons in the eastern U.S. - NPR
WEBNov 1, 2023 · The United States Department of Agriculture's rabies management program includes delivering oral vaccines to raccoons — by plane, helicopter and vehicle — to control the spread of rabies.
The Massive Campaign to Air-Drop Tiny Rabies Vaccines to Raccoons
WEBAug 29, 2023 · Raccoons are a main carrier of rabies in the US. A government effort distributes millions of tasty vaccines to protect both animals and people. Photograph: Getty Images. This August, government...
Why a kitten with rabies in Nebraska led to a regional health scare
WEBNov 29, 2023 · The kitten tested positive for raccoon rabies on Sept. 28, prompting the creation a week later of a joint task force made up of Douglas County, Nebraska, public health officials, the USDA’s...
The USDA is sprinkling vaccines from the sky to fight rabies - CNN
WEBAug 27, 2022 · The project is focused on preventing the spread of raccoon rabies from the eastern United States into the heartland, according to a news release from the USDA.
America Has a Rabid-Raccoon Problem - The Atlantic
WEBSep 6, 2022 · Residents on one Florida island with a rabies outbreak were so attached to their raccoons that a restaurant owner was feeding them 400 pounds of dog food a month. For the past 30 years, the U.S....
Inside the massive effort to eradicate rabies in raccoons
WEBSep 26, 2019 · Most people don’t know it, but the U.S. government has been distributing oral rabies vaccines targeted at raccoons since 1997 as part of a massive public and animal health initiative.
How one rabid kitten triggered massive effort to contain deadly …
WEBNov 26, 2023 · Additional genetic sequencing showed something even more alarming: The kitten had a strain of raccoon rabies that had never been detected west of the Appalachian Mountains.