West Nile Virus still presents threat to area
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The first case of the West Nile Virus for 2004 was recently confirmed in a horse in the northern part of St. Francois County. The confirmed case makes St.
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August and September mark the peak season for West Nile virus in humans and New Jersey health officials are urging residents to remain vigilant in guarding against mosquitoes carrying the deadly disease.
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A Hesperia woman has contracted he West Nile virus â-he first High Desert case of the mosquito-borne virus, San Bernardino County Public Health officials said Monday.
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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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As most human cases of West Nile Virus (West Nile Virus) occur from August through September, the Clinton County Health Department would like to remind citizens on ways to protect themselves from West Nile virus exposure.
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A horse in Cliff is Grant County&#39;s first confirmed case of West Nile virus this year. The equine reportedly has survived the disease, and is recovering, according to a spokesman for a Silver City-based veterinary
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LOS ANGELES - The number of people killed by the mosquito-borne West Nile virus has increased from seven to nine and the tally of confirmed human cases throughout the nation&#39;s most populous state has increased by more than 46 percent in a week, health
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JACKSONVILLE, NC -- An elderly man from Onslow County has been diagnosed with this year&#39;s first case of West Nile virus. Health officials say the man is in his 70s and is recovering after he was discharged this week from Onslow Memorial Hospital.
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LOS ANGELES A new survey about West Nile finds residents of California and Arizona -- the two states hardest hit this year by the virus -- are less likely to take precautions against mosquitoes than people elsewhere in the nation.
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Health officials have found a second case human case of West Nile virus, this time in a man from the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority.
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Health officials report a second victim of West Nile virus this year in the State of Minnesota . The man, in his 60&#39;s, was hospitalized in August after becoming ill.
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The number of West Nile virus cases in Illinois has topped last year&#39;s total, but remains far below the record set in 2002, state officials reported Monday.
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Six more dead birds in San Diego County have been found to have West Nile virus, county vector control officials said. The new findings bring to 25 the number of birds that have tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus in the county, authorities said.
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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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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Friday announced another probable human case of West Nile Virus in the state. A 19-year old individual from Johnson County was hospitalized with a probable
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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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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting another case of West Nile disease, the state&#39;s 25th. An 48-year-old man from DuPage County became ill in mid-August with West Nile fever, but did not require hospital treatment.