West Nile Virus Kills Sixth Victim in California, Over 20 Deaths ...
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Aug. 21, 2004 âWest Nile virus (WNV) has now killed six people in California and the number of people with the virus has climbed to 249, according to an announcement yesterday by the California Department of Health Services.
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SAN DIEGO - A man in his 50s has been confirmed as the first person in San Diego County to contract the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, county health officials reported today.
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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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As summer winds down, public health officials are keeping track of the potentially deadly West Nile virus. So far, Ingham County has been spared from human cases of the virus, and officials want to keep it that way.
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LOS ANGELES -- With the number of cases of West Nile virus at 100 in Los Angeles County, the Board of Supervisors is seeking new powers allowing officials to enter private property to wipe out mosquito-breeding spots.
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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 Services (PHES) has received notification from the Texas Department of State Health Services of the first confirmed human death of West Nile virus (WNv) in Harris County, Texas this year.
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LOS ANGELES California recorded its 18th death from the West Nile virus this week but health officials say the virus&#39; spread appears to be slowing.
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A second Merced County man has contracted the West Nile virus, officials said Monday. He is believed to be the first Northern San Joaquin Valley resident to be infected by the mosquito-borne disease locally.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Health and mosquito control officials are relieved this year&#39;s invasion of the West Nile virus - which infected nearly 800 Californians and killed 23 - wasn&#39;t as bad as expected.
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WALNUT CREEK - William C. Reeves, a leading authority on the spread and control of mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus, has died.
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SAN JOSE (BCN) -- The first human case of West Nile Virus has been confirmed in a San Jose man, the Santa Clara Public Health Department reports today.
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THE DEATH of a Piedmont squirrel from the West Nile Virus means its time to act -- not react. There are some important steps we can take to reduce the mosquito population in our hills communities, and we should take them.
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Fairfax County health officials said an elderly man has died  of a suspected case of West Nile virus. If additional tests confirm the diagnosis, his death will be the first reported fatality from the virus in Virginia this year.
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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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HOUSTON -- Harris County has recorded its first death this year from the West Nile virus, health department officials told Local 2 Tuesday.
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A 60-year-old man has become the sixth person in California to die from West Nile virus this year, state officials announced. That means California has the highest death toll so far this year, followed by