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A raccoon found in a backyard in Camden County earlier this month tested positive for rabies, according to officials. A Voorhees resident alerted the borough’s animal control officer on Oct. 12 after seeing a raccoon in their backyard with their dog, officials said. The raccoon was taken to the state Public Health & Environmental Laboratories which confirmed the raccoon had …

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Health officials in Frederick County, Maryland, hope to find a man who dropped off a raccoon with rabies to a veterinarian clinic on at around midnight on Monday, fearing his health could be impacted, according to county officials. The man, believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s, gave the raccoon to the …

A raccoon found in Voorhees has tested positive for rabies after it came near a resident’s dogs, according to the Camden County Health Department. On Tuesday, a resident noticed a raccoon in their yard near their two dogs. The town’s animal control officer picked up the raccoon and had it tested at the state Public Health and Environmental Laboratories in …

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A raccoon killed by a family dog in the backyard of a Barrington home has tested positive for rabies, officials announced Monday. The incident happened on Aug. 18 and the borough’s animal control officer picked up the raccoon and had it tested at the state Public Health & Environmental Laboratories in Trenton, according to a statement from Camden County. The …

Discussion This report describes the public health response to two cases of B. procyonis eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in unrelated pediatric patients reported during a short period (September 2024) in Los Angeles County, California. Few cases of B. procyonis eosinophilic meningoencephalitis have been documented in the United States (5,9), and most of these patients have been young, male children with developmental disabilities, …

A dead raccoon found in Piscataway has tested positive for rabies after it made contact with a resident’s dog, local officials said. The resident and their pet dog were exposed to the rabid raccoon in the area of Greenwood Drive and Cedarwood Drive on Tuesday, the Middlesex County Office of Health Services said in a news release. The raccoon tested …

Two people were bitten by a possibly rabid raccoon in Westfield, health officials said. The raccoon attacked the people in the 400 block of First Avenue and in the 700 block of Scotch Plains Avenue, officials in the Union County township said. Local officials did not immediately provide any additional information about the incidents or when they happened. The attacks …