Board Of Supervisors Seeks More Power To Fight West Nile
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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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Prince George's authorities reported Wednesday that a county resident has likely contracted West Nile virus, the first human case of the mosquito-borne illness in the region this year.
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A third Churchill County resident has tested positive for West Nile virus and three more &quot;probable&quot; cases have been reported, state health officials said Friday.
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SAN DIEGO - Despite the discovery in San Diego County of three more dead birds infected with the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, a county vector control official said Thursdayday the numbers are going down.
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Lee County -- West Nile virus attacks Georgians again. Two Fulton County men are infected with West Nile Virus, the first confirmed cases in the state of the season.
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The Santa Clara County Public Health Department today confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in the Bay Area. The department reports that a 50-year-old man became ill on Aug. 25 and was hospitalized on Aug. 29 with mild neurological symptoms.
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Health officials in Contra Costa County announced this week that two more dead birds afflicted with West Nile virus have been discovered, a reminder that the threat of human transmission still exits.
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Four more birds have tested positive for the West Nile Virus in San Luis Obispo County. Environmental health officials say birds found in Cambria, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, and Grover Beach died from the mosquito-borne illness.
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By JUSTIN YURKANIN, Staff. St. Johns County&#39;s growing mosquito population could cause some human cases of the West Nile Virus locally, says Xue Ruide, entomologist for the Anastasia Mosquito Control District.
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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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State officials said a 49-year-old woman from Lancaster County has been diagnosed with West Nile virus. This is the fourth human case of the virus in Pennsylvania confirmed by state officials this year.
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A Manteca man is the first person in San Joaquin County to test positive for West Nile virus. According to San Joaquin County Public Health Services, the virus was detected when the 35-year-old man tried to donate blood at a blood bank.
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More than a dozen people implored the Maricopa County Board of Health on Monday to stop spraying Valley neighborhoods in its effort to stem the spread of West Nile virus.
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A 56-year-old Placer County resident has received a &quot;preliminary positive&quot; on a test for West Nile virus. If follow-up tests are also positive, that person would be the first in the county to contract the disease.
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Nine more dead birds have tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to mosquito control district sources. Four birds came from San Mateo County, and five more tested positive in Santa Clara County.
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State officials said Friday that a second person has tested positive for West Nile virus this season in Pennsylvania. The individual is a 49-year-old man from York County.
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The Nevada County Department of Environmental Health confirmed late last week that a dead bird found in Truckee tested positive for West Nile virus.