| ■ Bat on Flight Causes Rabies Concerns | 2011.08.15 |
| U.S. health officials are concerned about possible rabies exposure among 50 airline passengers who may have had contact with a bat that was on an Aug. 5 Delta flight from Madison, Wis. to Atlanta. The airliner returned to Madison after the bat appeared, but it's not known if the bat had rabies because it escaped after the plane landed, the Associated Press reported. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to reach all the passengers who were on the 6:45 a.m. flight 5121 in order to make sure they didn't have close contact with the bat. As of last Friday, the CDC had talked to only 13 of the passengers and is asking the other passengers to call 1-866-613-2683, the AP reported. |