The discovery of a third rabid raccoon in Amityville leads to a Suffolk health warning and calls for increased public ...

It’s a new Amityville horror. Health officials confirmed the first two cases of rabid raccoons in Amityville since 2009 — and ...

Health officials say a dead raccoon found in Amityville on March 4, 2025, tested positive for rabies. The confirmation was received from the Wadsworth Center at the New York State Department of ...

a raccoon has tested positive for rabies in Suffolk, county health officials said. A dead raccoon discovered in Amityville on Tuesday tested positive for rabies at a state health department ...

So far this year, one other raccoon also tested positive for rabies. In 2024, JCPHS received 13 reports of rabid animals. Rabies can be fatal and it attacks the brain and spinal cord.