The discovery of a third rabid raccoon in Amityville leads to a Suffolk health warning and calls for increased public ...

Some may call them dangerous wild animals, but for Stephen Kaspar, raccoons — or "masked bandits," as he calls them — are ...

Jefferson County Public Health has just alerted the public that a third raccoon this year has tested positive for rabies. In ...

Because of this, signs and symptoms of rabies in raccoons are variable, the disease process is variable, and some raccoons can even survive infection with rabies. All of this poses a substantial ...

It’s a new Amityville horror. Health officials confirmed the first two cases of rabid raccoons in Amityville since 2009 — and warned the disease could be spreading. “We are very concerned ...

Stephen Kaspar feeding a raccoon. “I would caution people that ... “There’s so much misinformation from diseases and rabies and temperament, and it’s baffling to me how misunderstood ...

The Jefferson County Department of Public Health has announced a raccoon has tested positive for rabies. The New York State ...