Rabies -- United States
A boy in Chautauqua County was bitten by a rabid raccoon while turkey hunting, according to the Environmental Health Unit of the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Humans Services.
Officials say this is the 1st known rabid animal in the county this year [2019].
According to the Department of Health and Humans Services, the boy was turkey hunting with his father near Open Meadows Road in the Town of North Harmony over the weekend when the raccoon latched onto his jacket, biting
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6459317&promed&0
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