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Capital Highlights: Rare human case of rabies under investigation
Columns, Opinions
Staff Report on November 3, 2021
Capital Highlights: Rare human case of rabies under investigation

by Gary Borders

A Medina County child is being treated for rabies in a Texas hospital, the Department of State Health Services reported last week. It is the first case of rabies in a human reported in the state since 2009. The child was bitten by a bat, according to DSHS.

Public health officials have identified all the places where someone could have come into contact with either the bat or the child. Experts  are assessing the risk to those people and whether they should receive post-exposure va...

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