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California teacher dies from rabies after a wild bat bites her in the classroom

Carla Sinclair
Nov 30, 2024
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Image: northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii); zdenek_macat / shutterstock.com

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 Octob…

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