BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 2, 2024
The forecast calls for showers of rabies vaccines over the Maine woods. About 50,400 oral rabies vaccines will be spread over Franklin and Somerset counties between Aug. 6-11, according to Jackie Farwell, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Another 384,000 rabies vaccines will be dropped across Aroostook and Penobscot counties between Aug. 11-16, Farwell said Friday. Humans and pets can’t get rabies from the vaccines, but Farwell advised people to not touch or move them. As of July 25, there have been 30 confirmed cases across nine Maine counties in bats, foxes, raccoons, skunks and woodchucks.