Horse owners not taking West Nile threat seriously
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NORCO - Rowdy, a 4-year-old white paint with brown patches, got sick after splashing through the Santa Ana River on a training ride.
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Six new cases of West Nile virus have been reported to state health officials, bringing the number in Nebraska this year to 17. Confirmed cases of West Nile in human beings have been reported from Deuel, Buffalo
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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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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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Nobody is ready to declare an end to this year&#39;s West Nile virus outbreak in Arizona, but the number of new infections is slowing.
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Two Salem Township horses tested positive for West Nile virus earlier this month and another dead bird was confirmed to have had the virus Monday, according to Washtenaw County public health officials.
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After two record-breaking years of West Nile virus illnesses and deaths, the nation is experiencing a relatively mild season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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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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An elderly northwest Harris County woman, described by officials as fairly healthy and active, is the county&#39;s first confirmed West Nile virus death this year.
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West Nile virus appears to have claimed its first human victim this year in Fairfax County (website - news) . Health officials say an elderly man in the Mount Vernon section of the county is the first probable case of the year.
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Thoroughbred breeders in England have been assured that their horses are not in danger after a five-year-old non-Thoroughbred stallion in Newmarket tested positive for equine viral arteritis, a sexually transmitted disease.
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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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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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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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By John Dobberstein, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 22--Four years ago, the West Nile virus spread like a wave to the nation's heartland, taking not just a human toll, but crippling or killing thousands of horses.   Today, the problem appears to be under control.
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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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More signs of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus are popping up in the London region, just as the peak danger period of the summer hits the region. A dead crow in Sarnia has tested positive for West Nile, health officials said yesterday. The crow, found ...