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The Cape Cod Rabies Task Force
From Melody Rowell | 07:46
An inside look at the effort to eradicate rabies on Cape Cod.
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The World Health Organization says rabies is the world’s deadliest disease, with the fatality rate near 100%. But the virus is also one of the most preventable.
Cape Cod was free from rabies until 2004, when a rabid raccoon wound up on the wrong side of Bourne Bridge. In only two years, rabies was found in every town from there to Provincetown. During that time, a woman in Marstons Mills underwent post-exposure prophylaxis treatment after being attacked by a rabid coyote in her backyard.
A task force assembled, and through methodical testing, trapping, and vaccinating of animals all across the Cape, they’re proud to say that there hasn’t been a case of rabies on the Cape since 2013.
For more information on the Cape Cod Rabies Task Force, visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CapeCodRabiesTaskForce/
Living & Dyeing
From Melody Rowell | 04:38
A farmer and artist on Martha's Vineyard has found relief from depression through living a traditional lifestyle.
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Rebecca Gilbert is a farmer and fiber artist on Martha’s Vineyard. Surrounded by plants and animals on the farm her grandparents bought in the 1920s, Rebecca shears her sheep, dyes their wool with natural plants, and spins it into colorful yarn. She has struggled with depression for much of her life, but Rebecca has found joy, healing, and art in the daily surprises of farm life.