rabies

Health officials in eastern Washington say they’re looking to develop a plan for larger-scale rabies exposures after an incident near a school.

Multiple children who attend Asotin-Anatone School District in eastern Washington are receiving post-exposure prophylaxis treatment after being exposed to a bat that tested positive for rabies.

The U.S. is banning the importation of dogs from more than 100 countries for at least a year because of a sharp increase in the number of puppies imported into the country with fraudulent rabies vaccination certificates.