Talking Health
Have you ever heard about a pressing health topic and thought, “but what does that mean for me?” Follow along with CCHD staff as they discuss local health and safety issues with local experts and identify what Clinton County residents really need to know. Click here to see all our blogs.
This month's topic - Rabies
Springtime gives people baby fever, and I’m not talking about the human variety – I’m talking animal babies. Raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels, skunks, and foxes (oh my!). Every year CCHD receives numerous calls from residents who have encountered baby or injured wild animals and want to help. Though intentions are good, doing this increases your risk of rabies exposure. You don’t have to be bitten by an animal to be exposed; it can also happen when the animal’s saliva gets into an open cut, your eyes, nose or mouth. I will admit, they are cute, but when you encounter a wild animal (even if it is sick or injured) the best thing you can do is contact a DEC Wildlife Professional. Don’t touch them, treat them, or give them mouth to mouth (true story). To tell us more about keeping our family safe from the rabies virus, we chatted with Amanda Masten. Amanda is a Senior Public Health Sanitarian in the Environmental Health & Safety Division at CCHD. She has been in charge of coordinating the county’s rabies prevention program for more than 5 years.
Amanda, is rabies really something we need to be worried about in Clinton County? I mean, we are frozen more than half the year?
Absolutely, rabies is still present...... read more
Previous topics include:
- Rabies with Amanda Masten
- Ticks & Tick-Borne Illness with Dr. LeeAnn Sporn
- Food Waste Reduction with Kayleigh Raville
- Poison Prevention with Maryann Barto
- Heart Disease with AJay Keyser
- Winter Weather with Mark Lafountain
Updated 06/14/2024
