Illinois residents 16 years of age and older with underlying conditions are now able to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in the state’s latest expansion of vaccination Phase 1B.
BILLINGS - Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease was recently diagnosed in Yellowstone County in four, loose domestic rabbits. The disease was first reported in the county on Feb. 11.
The illness can cause weakness, changes in eating habits, bloody nose and even sudden death in rabbits, according to Dr. Lisa Galvin of the Best Friends Animal Hospital.
The illness is something Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is concerned about as well. The [sick] rabbits are not the native cottontails or jackrabbits or snow shoe hairs that are wild in Montana, but there s a concern that the disease could spread into the wild populations or places where people raise rabbits, Bob Gibson of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said.
The state of Illinois expanded its COVID-19 vaccination eligibility Thursday to include people younger than 65 with conditions that would put them at higher risk of COVID-19 and those with