Raccoon kissing leads to rabies treatment for 16

At least 16 people from Hilton Head, SC who kissed and held an adopted baby raccoon are being treated after the animal tested positive for rabies. “There was a lot of affectionate handling, kissing it and feeding it," said Clair Boatwright of the Dept of Health and Environmental Control. "Part of that is it was three weeks old, and they inserted fingers into the raccoon’s mouth. Saliva is one way that rabies spreads.” In The Island Packet.