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Dr. Mitch Shulman: Rabies — What you need to know
Canada

Dr. Mitch Shulman: Rabies — What you need to know

  • By Dr. Mitch Shulman, The Suburban

Quebec is undertaking an animal vaccination program to control the spread of rabies among raccoons because there’s been a significant increase in the number of infected raccoons in the Montérégie and Estrie regions and raccoon rabies has infected a stray (feral) cat in that region.

Wisconsin

Measles outbreak in Southwest Wisconsin grows; most taken ill weren’t vaccinated

  • Erik Gunn

A report earlier this week of a couple of measles cases in Southwest Wisconsin has turned into an outbreak, with 13 more confirmed cases and six probable cases of the viral illness, the state health department reported Thursday. The outbreak, in Iowa and Lafayette counties, highlights the importance of getting vaccinated for measles, considered the […]

Virginia

Virginia confirms first locally acquired dengue case

  • By Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Virginia health officials are monitoring for additional dengue cases after confirming the first documented infection acquired within the state.