Fighting West Nile in the Land of 400,000 Pools
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Behind an abandoned house at the golf course&#39;s edge, a turtle sunned itself on a floating palm frond in the swimming pool&#39;s green, rancid water, a few feet from a bobbing Styrofoam cup.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- More human cases of West Nile virus have shown up in Iowa. State health officials say two more cases have been confirmed.
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Bee Medical Writer. California and two other Western states have borne the brunt of the West Nile virus so far this year. California, Arizona and Colorado account for more than 90 percent
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LOS ANGELES -- A 60-year-old man with a number of chronic ailments has become the sixth person in California to die from West Nile virus, health officials said.
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Last year, 27 cases of the disease were linked to the baths, and three people died as a result. Dr Susanne Surman-Lee, who led a study for the Health Protection Agency, said that out of 88 spa pools examined
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The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced on Monday that a mosquito sample from Thompson Township has tested positive for West Nile virus.
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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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Orlando Â· Florida&#39;s string of hurricanes this summer may have helped the state avoid another record year of the potentially lethal West Nile virus.
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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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The West Nile virus has taken a firm hold in California, killing 14 people this summer and infecting almost 500, health officials said on Friday.
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To the Editor: West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus, widely distributed in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and southern Europe.
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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 47-year-old blood donor from White City has tested positive for the West Nile virus, marking Jackson Countyâs first human case of the mosquito-borne illness.
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West Nile fever is not simply a 3- to 6-day disease with limited symptoms, but rather a severe illness that can incapacitate people for a month or longer, findings from a new study indicate.
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Floridians are being urged to drain  standing pools of water to cut the risk of an outbreak of West  Nile or other mosquito-borne disease in the wake of Hurricane  Charley, an official with the state health department said on  Thursday.
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GERMAIN. The Southwest Utah Public Health Department confirmed Friday that the county has its first two human cases of West Nile virus.
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LOS ANGELES A statewide drop in West Nile cases in recent weeks has raised hopes that this year&#39;s epidemic may soon end. At least 586 human cases have been confirmed, with the number declining steadily since