Five years ago, Monongalia County Health Department hosted a group of wildlife staffers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Elkins to discuss rabies. Cases had been creeping up and, at the same time, the area treated by the USDA’s oral rabies vaccine (ORV) ...
Rabies vaccine program has proven successful Newsroom@DominionPost.com Even though two cases of rabies popped up in late September in Monongalia County for the first time in 2020, rabies vaccine baiting conducted in 2019 seems to have been successful. “Not all ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Charlie Benson came face-to-face with one of the two cases of rabid animals that occurred in late September in Monongalia County — the only two that have happened in 2020. Benson, who lives on Old Cheat Road, said a groundhog “ran at me from ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com The Monongalia County Humane Society is funding the spaying and neutering of 150 stray or feral cats during its spring FixA-Feral Program that began March 1. MCHS will issue 150 vouchers to cover the cost of spay/neuter and a rabies shot. The organization ...
It’s interesting to look back at the summer of 2019 and consider the big public health concerns at the time. Two big topics were rabies and measles. Much of the country was experiencing a measles outbreak, which, at least in part due to West Virginia’s strict vaccination ...
The United States Department of Agriculture is redoubling its anti-rabies efforts in Monongahela County this year. The USDA will drop over 49,000 Oral Rabies Vaccines through most of the county from Aug. 22 to Sept. 5. “We do it in the fall, which is at a time when raccoons and ...