West Nile cases plunge
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(December 25, 2004) - West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne illness that prompted some panic when it first hit America in 1999, barely drew a batted eyelash this year in New York as human cases plummeted.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. Sept. 12, 2004 - A year after Pennsylvania experienced a surge in West Nile cases, the number of people infected with the mosquito-borne virus appear to be headed back down.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health today reported two new cases of West Nile disease. They raise the total number of confirmed cases this year to 56, surpassing last year&#39;s total of 54 cases.
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SAN DIEGO - Six additional dead birds infected with the mosquito-borne West Nile virus have been discovered in San Diego County, a Vector Control official announced Thursday.
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El Paso has reported its fifth death this summer that City-County Health and Environmental District officials are blaming on the West Nile virus.
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A year after Pennsylvania experienced a surge in West Nile cases, the number of people infected with the mosquito-borne virus appear to be headed back down.
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SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. -- San Benito County public health services has confirmed that three dead birds found in the county have tested positive for West Nile virus.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----     Arizona Leads Nation in West Nile Cases      Thousands of abandoned swimming pools, along with irrigation canals and other prime breeding sites for mosquitoes in Phoenix, have made Arizona the state hardest hit by West Nile virus this year.      Arizona has accounted for at least 290 of more than 500 reported cases of West Nile virus in the United States so far in 2004...
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Harris County Public Health and Environmental Service announced that it has had the first confirmed death for the year attributed to the West Nile Virus.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Local health officials on Thursday confirmed a third West Nile virus death in Los Angeles County, bringing the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to six in the western US state of California.
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A Sacramento County man has been diagnosed with West Nile encephalitis, the county Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.
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Experts are warning that even though there were relatively few cases of West Nile virus in Illinois the last two years, the virus may again hit hard as it did in 2002, when the state led the nation in human cases of the disease.
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The number of Arizonans infected with the West Nile virus jumped Thursday after weeks of dwindling increases, health officials said Thursday.
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Six new cases of West Nile virus have been reported to state health officials, bringing the number in Nebraska this year to 17. Confirmed cases of West Nile in human beings have been reported from Deuel, Buffalo
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HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus have declined dramatically in Pennsylvania so far this year. The state Department of Environmental Protection said four Pennsylvanians have contracted
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LincolnâSix new cases of West Nile virus have been reported to the Nebraska Health and Human Services System, bringing the total number reported so far this year to 17.
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West Nile virus reports saw a major decline this year in Smith County, with one health authority pointing to a cooler summer, better public awareness and an increase in treating