A rabies exposure in Merced County has now been confirmed as fatal. Last week, the county’s department of public health reported a Fresno County resident had been exposed to the deadly virus in a possible bat bite and was being treated at a hospital. Fresno County’s Department of Public Health on Tuesday confirmed that the person has died.

A Fresno County resident who was exposed to rabies in Merced County has died, according to the Fresno County Department of Public Health.

Health officials are warning Californians of the dangers associated with handling wild animals after a Central Valley art teacher was bitten by a bat inside her classroom and later died of rabies. The woman died late last week,

Although extremely rare, a Central California teacher has died of rabies after a wild bat bit her in a middle school classroom. The 60-year-old Fresno woman, Leah Seneng, found what appeared to be a lifeless bat while she was teaching her Byrant Middle School students back in October.