rabies

The U.S. plans a one-year ban on dogs brought in from more than 100 countries where rabies is still a problem

Don’t be alarmed by a low-flying helicopter over Cape Cod in the next month or so. Starting Monday, a helicopter will drop oral rabies vaccine baits intended for raccoons and other wildlife over portions of Barnstable and Plymouth counties, the Cape Cod Times reports. The distribution of the vaccine baits to the north and west of the Cape Cod...

A rabies alert was issued Monday for a portion of Fort Lauderdale after a raccoon tested positive.

A rabies alert was issued for a portion of Davie after a cat tested positive this week. The 60-day alert was issued Friday after the cat tested positive Wednesday, according to the Florida Department of Health in Broward County. The alert area is from Interstate 595 to Griffin Road and from state Road 823 to South Pine Island Road. “All…

Miami-Dade is hoping a new vaccination effort will reduce cases of rabies in the county.

A New Hampshire man is recovering after being bit by a bat that was hiding in his iPad case. Roy Syvertson, 86, of South Hampton, said he went to close up his iPad and the animal was wedged between the back of the device and its cover.

The Florida Department of Health has lifted a rabies alert for the Palmetto Bay area that has been in place since November.

Just over a day after a rabies alert was lifted in Kendall, the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade once again issued an alert for the area after it was confirmed a seventh raccoon that tested positive for rabies.

Police say a rabid fox repeatedly attacked a golfer on his second hole at a Rhode Island country club.

Miami-Dade County Animal Services is hosting a pet vaccination event in response to the recent rabies alert in the Kendall area.

A rabies alert is in effect for parts of Kendall after a veterinarian and his beloved cat were viciously attacked by a raccoon.

The Department of Health in Miami-Dade County had issued a rabies alert in the Kendall area after a raccoon tested positive for the disease, officials said Wednesday.

This Saturday, Broward County’s Animal Care and Adoption will host a rabies clinic from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Easterlin Park in Oakland Park.