At times nearly overwhelmed by the odor, Anne Arundel County Health Department volunteers traversed the Broadneck Peninsula on Tuesday morning with pounds of fish-flavored bait meant to inoculate ...

Fishy-smelling bait containing the rabies vaccine will be strewn around outdoor recreation areas in Nassau County — as officials try to stamp out a surge in cases among raccoons on Long Island. The ...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — The Nassau County Department of Health is stepping up its efforts to combat the spread of rabies among animals. Nassau County health officials told PIX11 that 26 raccoons ...

The annual local air drop of raccoon bait laced with rabies vaccine is scheduled to begin Tuesday, with helicopters dropping bait in cities and other populated areas of Erie and Niagara counties. The ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Ohio is serving up a strange dish to its raccoon population this month: oral rabies vaccine baits, better known as the “forbidden ravioli.” The Ohio Department of Health is ...

Rabies is one of the deadliest diseases in the world. It’s fatal in 99% of cases. Because of that, rabies prevention has been one of the most important—and successful—public health initiatives in the ...

ALEX, JULIE LAYERS. THANKS, BILL. LOCAL AND FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO VACCINATE ANIMALS WITH BAIT THE SIZE OF KETCHUP PACKETS. WELL, THOSE WILL BE THROWN OUT IN THIS 62 SQUARE MILE AREA ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Flight crews will soon take to the skies above rural Tennessee and other states in an effort to prevent the spread of rabies in wild raccoons. The Tennessee Department of Health and ...

BURLINGTON Vermont s rabies bait drop is starting this week to prevent the spread of the disease among wildlife. A new bait is being used this year to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies into Canada.

John Reed and his two passengers finished loading his Bell 206 Long Ranger helicopter and took off from Manassas Regional Airport on a low-altitude bombing run. Their mission: to wage a type of ...