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Coverage dated October 23, 2026

Second raccoon tests positive for rabies in Los Angeles County, health officials say

Headline from KTLA Los Angeles

Weeks after a raccoon tested positive for rabies in Los Angeles County for the first time since 1979, a second raccoon has tested positive for the deadly viral disease. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Friday that, like the initial rabid raccoon, the second infected racco…

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  1. New York Post

    Rabies scare returns to LA County as another animal tests positive (opens New York Post)

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    The latest rabies-positive animal was found less than three weeks after the county’s first confirmed case.

  2. KTLA Los Angeles

    Second raccoon tests positive for rabies in Los Angeles County, health officials say (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    Weeks after a raccoon tested positive for rabies in Los Angeles County for the first time since 1979, a second raccoon has tested positive for the deadly viral disease. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Friday that, like the initial rabid raccoon, the second infected racco…