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Health officials say five Americans died of rabies last year — the largest number in a decade

A look back at the top news headlines for this week in news with Iisha Scott.

After Illinois recorded its first human case of rabies in nearly 70 years this week, the Illinois Department of Public Health released guidance on what to should residents find bats in their homes.

The first human case of rabies has been reported in Illinois since 1954, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Don’t be alarmed by a low-flying helicopter over Cape Cod in the next month or so. Starting Monday, a helicopter will drop oral rabies vaccine baits intended for raccoons and other wildlife over portions of Barnstable and Plymouth counties, the Cape Cod Times reports. The distribution of the vaccine baits to the north and west of the Cape Cod...

County employees in a southwestern Indiana county are ducking for cover these days amid a bat infestation that periodically sends the flying mammals fluttering through their offices.