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We’re Hearing More About Rabies in the News. Here’s What to Know About the Virus
Officials say 397 animal cases were confirmed from January to September, with Quebec’s raccoon outbreak spreading rabies to three cats.
- On Friday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported a rise in animal rabies cases, stating "increased rabies activity in raccoons, particularly in Quebec, is a major factor contributing to the higher number of confirmed rabies cases reported this year."
- Quebec has confirmed 313 cases of rabies in raccoons this year, driving the national total to 397 laboratory-confirmed animal infections reported to the CFIA between January and September.
- Vancouver Coastal Health issued a bulletin Wednesday regarding a skunk that bit a "small" number of people in the city's West End, urging anyone exposed between September 22 and October 17 to contact them.
- The Wildlife Rescue Association of BC urged the public to "avoid direct physical contact with wildlife, particularly animals that appear sick, injured, unusually aggressive, lethargic, or disoriented," and to keep pets leashed outdoors.
- While human rabies infections remain "extremely rare," the Public Health Agency of Canada warns that treatment must begin immediately after exposure because the virus is fatal once symptoms develop.
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We’re hearing more about rabies in the news. Here’s what to know about the virus
TORONTO — Public health officials in B.C. and Quebec are dealing with rabies in wild animals that have come into contact with people or domestic pets. In Vancouver, it was a single skunk but in parts of Quebec, there is an outbreak of rabies in raccoon...
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We're hearing more about rabies in the news. Here's what to know about the virus
TORONTO - Public health officials in B.C. and Quebec are dealing with rabies in wild animals that have come into contact with people or domestic pets. In Vancouver, it was a single skunk but in parts of Quebec, there is an outbreak of rabies in raccoons that has transmitted the virus to three cats.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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Leaning Left18Leaning Right0Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution69% Left
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- 69% of the sources lean Left
69% Left
L 69%
C 31%
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