For the first time in nearly 70 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is proposing a change in how dogs are imported into the United States. Revisiting guidelines last revised in ...

The positive case came after the dog showed a shift in behavior last week and was euthanized and tested, the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control, said in a statement.

Health officials have issued a rabies alert in Fort Lauderdale. The Florida Department of Health in Broward County issued the alert for portions of Fort Lauderdale Wednesday afternoon after a feral ...

The United States has new rules for how dogs are brought into the country, and they go into effect in August. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that it is updating ...

While human cases of rabies in the United States are rare, it’s still a deadly disease: six people have died from rabies nationwide since September 2024, a US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Pets and people in multiple S.C. counties — including Saluda — were exposed to rabies, the South Carolina Department of Public Health wrote in a press release. A raccoon in Chester, S.C., tested ...

On August 29, an “ill-appearing” fox was found in northwest Grapevine and tested positive for rabies. Months earlier, on March 1, a skunk in Grapevine that appeared “disoriented and was approaching ...

Rabies is one of the deadliest viral diseases in the world. Once symptoms show, it is almost always fatal. According to The World Health Organization (WHO), “Rabies is a vaccine-preventable, zoonotic, ...

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare recorded its first rabid bat of the year in Ada County last week after two dogs were exposed to the animal. Rabies is a preventable disease that infects the ...

As the weather continues to warm, more people head out to enjoy the outdoors. With those excursions, the possibility for contact with wildlife increases, as does the chance a wild animal may be sick.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A deceased bat found in Louisville tested positive for rabies. The bat was found outside a home in Okolona, in the 40219 zip code, according to a news release Friday from the ...