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A bat that had human contact recently became the first animal to test positive for rabies in Flathead County in 2023.
A bat that had human contact recently became the first animal to test positive for rabies in Flathead County in 2023.
The Flathead City-County Health Department has confirmed that a bat recently tested positive for rabies.
Print article After three rabid foxes were found in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta over the last few weeks, health officials from the region are asking residents to take precautionary measures. “We encourage you to have your pets vaccinated as soon as possible so they are protected from exposure to wildlife, especially since we have confirmed cases of rabies in YK communities,” Alyssa Leary, interim environmental health services manager for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., said in a written statement. Any person who is bitten or scratched by a pet or wildlife should be seen by their local ...