Rabid beaver that bit teen at Maryland park confirmed positive

At Cunningham Falls State Park in Maryland, a thirteen-year-old boy swimming in a lake was bitten by a beaver that later tested positive for rabies — a reminder that the boundaries between human recreation and wild habitat are never as fixed as we imagine. The incident, rare in its particulars but familiar in its deeper pattern, set in motion an urgent medical response: post-exposure prophylaxis, a treatment that stands between exposure and a virus that is otherwise nearly always fatal. As beaver populations continue to recover across North America and our leisure spaces press deeper into shar