The bat was captured at a home on the 700 block of Mill Creek Road, according to officials.
A Gladwyne bat captured at a home on the 700 block of Mill Creek Road tested positive for rabies, according to a Tuesday press release from Lower Merion Township. Bats can bite when you are asleep and leave hardly any telltale signs of a bite, the release states. Read the full article on Bryn Mawr-Gladwyne Patch.
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With multiple potential rabies cases reported in the last few months, here are 10 things to know about the deadly virus and how to keep your family safe.
The Montgomery County Health Department confirmed that a bat that bit two people last week in King of Prussia tested positive for rabies, according to Main Line Media. A rabid raccoon bit someone in the Wissahickon in May and a few weeks later, there was a report that a potentially rabid raccoon bit a dog, also in the Wissahickon. A rabid fox was found in Wayne in April and then a skunk in Hatboro, Montgomery County, tested positive for rabies. A man visiting West Bethlehem was bitten by a rabid fox recently. It was the third attack by a fox in eastern Lehigh County this month. In two of those cases, the animal was confirmed to have rabies. In 2010, Pennsylvania led all states in the country in the number of rabies cases among domestic …
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A fox and a skunk have both tested positive for rabies.
In the last several days, two wild animals in the Philadelphia area have tested positive for rabies. An injured fox found Monday in Wayne in the area of the 400 block of E. Lancaster Ave. tested positive, according to the Department of Health. (Read more about this incident on Radnor Patch.) And a skunk found on the 600 block of S. York Rd. in Hatboro, Montgomery County, tested positive for the disease on Thursday. (Read more about that incident on Upper Moreland-Willow Grove Patch.) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say you can’t tell a rabid animal just by looking at it. The indication it might be rabid comes from unusual behavior, which could be any number of things, from being overly aggressive to acting tame. The only …
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10:03 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
I have seen a scraggly fox twice during the daytime on Washington Avenue within the past week. more ›
Kelly
9:09 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
Additional information regarding Rabies can be obtained off the Chester County Health Department website. www.chesco.org/health. The direct link to the rabies site is http://www.chesco.org/health/cwp/view.asp?a=1672&q=647993 more ›