Phoenix: Epicenter of West Nile Epidemic
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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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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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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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Blood infected with West Nile virus was given to a Navajo County man during surgery, a blood bank official confirmed Wednesday. The man later died of the illness.
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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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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.
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All summer, the Arizona desert has been the epicenter for this year&#39;s West Nile virus outbreak. By Matt Slocum, The Arizona Republic.
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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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It is now a known fact that the West Nile Virus has bitten its way into our state. The West Nile Virus has been discovered in two people who live in Idaho - those people live in Elmore and Gooding counties.
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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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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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In a few short weeks we won&#39;t have West Nile virus bugging us until next spring. With two additional birds infected with West Nile virus found near Clinton and Hudson, the Lenawee County Health Department
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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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Tulsa County has confirmed the first case of West Nile virus in a human this year. The Tulsa City-County Health Department says a 73-year-old Tulsa man tested positive for the virus.
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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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A 30-year-old man from northern San Luis Obispo County tested positive for West Nile virus, marking the Central Coast&#39;s first confirmed human case of the mosquito-borne disease, officials announced Monday.
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The end of summer is approaching, but don&#39;t put away that mosquito repellent just yet. Even though mosquito populations are lower than normal, Saginaw County officials this year have found 27 dead birds infected with West Nile virus -- almost twice the ...