USDA Is Airdropping Rabies Vaccines in 6 States This Month

Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia will receive oral vaccine baits.

This undated electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rabies virions, dark and bullet-shaped, within an infected tissue sample. F. A. Murphy/CDC via AP, File

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is airdropping oral rabies vaccines in six states in October in a bid to stop the spread of the potentially deadly virus.

Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia be the recipients of the airdropped vaccines in October, according to a statement from the agency. The USDA did not provide a starting date for the process.