The recent rabies-related death in Ontario has raised concerns about human exposure, but an assistant professor at the University of Guelph says we can learn a lot from the health of bat populations.

A child in Ontario died from rabies after contact with a bat in the first domestically acquired case of human rabies in the Canadian province since 1967. A bat is pictured in a stock image.

The soft membrane of their wings, which more closely resembles a human arm than a bird’s wing, is also extremely flexible, which means bats can contour themselves to squeeze into tiny corridors.

Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is investigating the rare death of a Minnesotan from human rabies after being exposed to an infected bat this July. The diagnosis of rabies was confirmed on Sept.

The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) says it has its first case of suspected human exposure to an animal with rabies this year in Brantford-Brant, after a person was believed to be bitten by a bat.

MINNESOTA (Valley News Live) - The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating a human rabies death. They say the person over 65 years of age and had exposure to a bat in western Minnesota in ...

The death, which was reported on Friday, is only the fifth fatal human rabies case in Minnesota since 1975, health officials said. By Hank Sanders A patient who was exposed to a bat in western ...

The MDH said in its news release that the recent human rabies death "is an important reminder that bats in Minnesota can have rabies and that the public should avoid contact with bats." ...

The health agency said that nearly all human cases of rabies in Canada are a result of exposure to bats, or due to exposure to rabies while in another country. In the US, fewer than 10 people die ...

Lab testing confirmed the bat had rabies and it's now dead now. This is the first case of suspected human exposure to an animal with rabies this year in the Brantford-Brant region, the health unit ...