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The first bat in a dozen years has tested positive for rabies in Long Beach, city health officials said Friday. Bats are commonly found throughout Southern California, and while rabies-positive bats have been found in Los Angeles County every year, this is the first confirmed detection in Long Beach since 2014, according to officials with the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services. State public health officials haven’t yet identified the species of the rabid bat, according to the city. But in general, canyon bats and Mexican free-tailed bats are among the bat species typically fo
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The first bat in a dozen years has tested positive for rabies in Long Beach, city health officials said Friday. Bats are commonly found throughout Southern California, and while rabies-positive bats have been found in Los Angeles County every year, this is the first confirmed detection in Long Beach since 2014, according to officials with the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services. State public health officials haven’t yet identified the species of the rabid bat, according to the city. But in general, canyon bats and Mexican free-tailed bats are among the bat species typically fo
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