Minnesota health officials investigate rabies testing concerns

In Minnesota, state health officials have opened a formal investigation into the reliability of rabies testing procedures — a quiet but consequential reckoning with the infrastructure that stands between a rare, almost universally fatal virus and the people it might reach. Though rabies is uncommon in the United States, its lethality and the narrow window for effective intervention make any gap in detection not merely a procedural failure, but a matter of life and death. The investigation reflects a broader truth about public health: the rarity of a disease does not diminish the precision requ