Mosquito virus arrives in Europe
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A debilitating tropical virus carried by mosquitos has become established in Europe for the first time.
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West Nile virus, an-encephalitis-like illness carried through the bite of mosquitoes, was the scourge of America&#39;s east coast a few short years ago.
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West Nile virus has probably made it first appearance of the year in Toronto, the city&#39;s health officials reported Monday. Toronto Public Health department said that the patient is recovering
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Signs were growing that an outbreak of lethal H5N1 bird flu in Britain arrived from Hungary, despite previous denials by a European poultry baron of a link between his plants in the two countries.
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Aided by global warming and globalization, Italy suffered the first outbreak of a tropical disease in modern Europe.
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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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The European Commission has confirmed that the bird flu virus detected at a turkey farm in eastern England was the virulent H5N1 strain.
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The EU Commission hopes for a vaccine next year to protect farms against the bluetongue strain moving northwards through Europe, and is planning rule changes to help, a spokesman said Monday.
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The Zika virus, which is spread by mosquitoes and produces an itchy rash, pinkeye, joint pain and fever, has made its first appearance in Micronesia.
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A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities said this week.
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SALEM, Ore.  A dead crow in Oregon&#39;s remote southeast corner brought the news: The West Nile virus had arrived in Oregon, previously among the last states to be free of it.
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Illinois officials have located an additional 200,000 doses of flu vaccine in Europe, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Tuesday, but the state hasn&#39;t received federal approval to import or distribute the shot.
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Illinois officials have located 200,000 more doses of flu vaccine in Europe, but the state still hasn&#39;t received federal approval to import those or any other supplies of
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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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PHOENIX - With triple-digit heat and nearly nonexistent rainfall, Phoenix seems an unlikely spot for this year's West Nile virus epicenter. Yet, federal health officials say Arizona is the only state where the mosquito-borne virus is an epidemic...
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The state Health Department yesterday issued an alert asking local doctors to be on the lookout for any cases of West Nile virus, after more new cases turned up in California and Las Vegas.
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The European Union could face a 21st  century flu crisis killing millions of people if human and  animal viruses were to converge, the bloc's health commissioner  warned on Friday.