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Swooping bats, attacking beavers and wild raccoons: US rabies cases rose 17 percent this summer

The Independent World · 11 September 2026 at 18:38

Swooping bats, attacking beavers and wild raccoons: US rabies cases rose 17 percent this summer

There are typically 4,000 cases of human infections of the potentially deadly virus in the United States every year

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Swooping bats, attacking beavers and wild raccoons: US rabies cases rose 17 percent this summer

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Swooping bats, attacking beavers and wild raccoons: US rabies cases rose 17 percent this summer