{"id":383758,"date":"2026-01-02T15:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383758\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:41:09","slug":"rabies-confirmed-in-raccoon-near-onancock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383758\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabies confirmed in raccoon near Onancock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Linda Cicoira<\/p>\n<p>Rabies was confirmed in a raccoon in the area of Mink Farm Road in Onancock on Tuesday, Dec. 30, according to the Eastern Shore Health District.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are being asked to contact the health department at 757-787-5886 or Accomack County Animal Control with knowledge of any human or animal coming in contact with the rabid animal.<\/p>\n<p>Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system. It is preventable in domestic animals through vaccinations, but it is fatal to both animals and humans if left untreated.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"ODQsMSwxLDYw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwateracademy.org\/how-to-apply2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195433 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Broadwater.gif\" alt=\"Broadwater Academy\" width=\"954\" height=\"198\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 954px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 954\/198;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Linda Cicoira Rabies was confirmed in a raccoon in the area of Mink Farm Road in Onancock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-383758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}