{"id":345699,"date":"2026-09-13T17:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345699\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:38:17","slug":"cdc-issues-advisory-on-uptick-in-rabies-exposures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345699\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC issues advisory on uptick in rabies exposures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) health advisory for medical professionals, health departments and the public about a growing number of rabies exposures.<\/p>\n<p>The agency says it received 17% more rabies-related inquiries in July and August than during the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Rabies is nearly always fatal once symptoms begin, but post-exposure treatment for humans is nearly 100% effective when given in time.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the New York State Department of Health, around 150 animals across the state have tested positive for rabies this year.<\/p>\n<p>The highest numbers are in Erie, Jefferson, Lewis and Suffolk counties.<\/p>\n<p>The latest\u00a0rabies figures can viewed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/health.data.ny.gov\/Health\/Positive-Rabies-Samples-by-County\/sefu-p2ta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">state Department of Health&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC says anyone bitten or scratched by a wild animal should wash the wound immediately and seek medical care.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re asked to then report the incident to your county&#8217;s health department.<\/p>\n<p>If possible, do not let the animal escape.<\/p>\n<p>The rabies vaccine is required for all dogs, cats and domesticated ferrets.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) health advisory for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2953,9,11,10,49,51,50,12,380],"class_list":["post-345699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-health","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}