Nassau County is warning residents about the rise of rabies. The Department of Health declared an imminent public health threat Monday over the spread of rabies among wild animals.

A rise in rabies cases is prompting health officials in Nassau County, Long Island, to declare an "imminent public health threat" – a move that officials hope will help secure resources to combat the ...

Nassau County issued an alert that rabies has become an “imminent public health threat” on Long Island — and a health official said the rabid animals may have come from New York City.

Nassau County health officials also said on Tuesday that their counterparts in New York City, next door, stopped distributing rabies-fighting bait in high-traffic animal areas. “To have stopped ...

The Nassau County Department of Health declared an imminent public health threat due to 25 confirmed cases of rabies in the past year. There were 22 cases found in raccoons and three cases in ...

A raccoon is biting people in New Jersey and officials in New York declared an imminent threat to public health ...

In the April 30 statement, Mr. Blakeman also confirmed that Kamal Nayyar, MD, has resigned as a board member, and Irina Gelman, PhD, DPM, Nassau County commissioner of health, was appointed board ...

Nassau County Health Commissioner Dr. Irina Gelman said there have been 25 positive cases of rabies in the last 12 months as well as four additional suspected cases out for testing right now.