Rhode Island seeing elevated rabies activity this year, mostly in raccoons and bats

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Rhode Island has recorded an elevated number of rabid animals this year, most of them raccoons and bats, the state Department of Health said Monday, along with a rabid cat, coyote, skunk and woodchuck. The department marked World Rabies Day by highlighting its exposure assessment program, which operates around the clock and evaluates individual cases […]

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