Rhode Island Rabies Cases Nearly Double: 48 Animals Test Positive This Year
The Rhode Island Department of Health issued another rabies alert on November 10: one raccoon each in Johnston and Coventry has tested positive for rabies. The Johnston raccoon came from the Green Earth Avenue area and the Coventry raccoon from the Plainfield Pike area; both tested positive over the past weekend. So far this year, 48 animals in Rhode Island have tested positive for rabies — nearly twice the annual average of 25 recorded from 2021 through 2025 — and health officials say the reason for this year’s surge is not yet clear. Most of this year’s positive animals have been raccoons, bats and skunks. In September, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Alert Network advisory noting that animal-contact reports and post-exposure vaccinations had both risen across the country in the summer of 2026. The state health department reminded residents to avoid contact with wild and stray animals, vaccinate their pets against rabies, and promptly report wild animals behaving abnormally. The full list of animal rabies cases, with specimen collection dates and locations, is available on the department’s rabies data dashboard under "Animal Rabies Map."
Source: Rhode Island Department of Health
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Photo: 一只浣熊的近照：罗得岛州今年检测出狂犬病阳性的动物以浣熊、蝙蝠和臭鼬为主。（经 Wikimedia Commons）
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