LAKE COUNTY, Ill. -- A man in northeastern Illinois died from rabies about a month after apparently being infected by a bat he found in his room, marking the first human case of the virus in the state ...

Department officials collected the bat for testing Feb. 4 and notified Strafford Health Officer Stephen Marx a couple of days later.

RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAW) - The Oneida County Health Department is reminding everyone that rabies is deadly, but can be prevented. In the U.S., bats are the main cause of human rabies deaths. While ...

New San Mateo County data from 2025 shows a significant jump in the number of bats that tested positive for rabies after two years without finding any cases. All of the positive tests occurred in the ...

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting that there have been two bats that have tested positive for rabies in Douglas County within the last two weeks. There was both animal and human ...

Example of a rabid bat like one found at the Safari Park in 2017. (Photo courtesy of County News Center) A rabid bat was found inside the San Diego Zoo Safari Park , prompting county health officials ...

A rise in the number of rabies-carrying bats in Riverside County prompted health officials on Wednesday to remind residents to take extra precautions to avoid contact with the creatures to prevent any ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency is cautioning county residents to protect themselves from rabies, a viral disease ...