The Florida Department of Health is currently monitoring rabies among wild animals in Sarasota County. This comes after a ...

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County is monitoring rabies among wild animals in the area. This is in response to a single confirmed case of rabies in a raccoon that was killed in the ...

Rabies was found in a raccoon in the Bee Ridge area just outside the Sarasota city limit. The Florida Department of Health-Sarasota County is monitoring.

The injured resident "has since received immediate medical care and post-exposure prophylaxis" for rabies — which is transferable to humans — the health department said in a news release.