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Mayo Clinic Minute: What to know about bats and rabies

Bats play an important role in many ecosystems around the world. They are a major predator of night-flying insects, including pests that cost farmers billions of dollars annually. However, bats pose the biggest rabies threat in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most bats are not rabid. However, because rabies […]

Understanding rabies

A person has died of rabies following exposure to a bat. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, this is the fourth case of human rabies in the state since 2000. The diagnosis was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of […]