GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) - The USDA will begin distributing oral rabies vaccine baits in Gulf Shores on Jan 27. The baits are coated with fishmeal and are about the size of a matchbox. They will ...

Suffolk County officials say they have another rabid raccoon case, nearly two months after reporting their first such case in ...

County officials previously pointed to New York City’s decision to stop setting rabies vaccine bait along its western border with Queens as a possible reason for Nassau’s spike in positive cases.

The dead raccoon was discovered in Amityville. Last month, a dead raccoon found Jan. 28 in North Amityville was also deemed rabid.

Ingress of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) rabies variant first occurred along the southern border of Erie County, New York, during 1992 and began to spread northward at a velocity of 31 km/year.