The Texas Department of State Health Services reported a new human case of West Nile virus in Randall County, with at least ...

New Jersey government agencies are urging precautions against the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus after detecting multiple positive cases in humans. The first positive case of 2025 was a child in ...

For decades, Art Hains was the familiar voice of Missouri State sports. After commentating on a game in 2022, Hains suddenly ...

FILE - This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. (James Gathany/CDC via AP, File) (James Gathany) ...

Naperville city officials are urging residents to be cautious after two mosquito traps tested positive for West Nile virus. The two traps that tested positive were on Oleson Drive and Jackson Avenue, ...

Cases of the potentially life-threatening virus have been found across 42 states in the U.S. in 2025 Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has ...

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. - A second human case of the West Nile virus of 2025 was reported last week in Shelby County, health officials said Monday. The Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) reported the ...

Malaria, dengue, Zika virus and West Nile fever are all diseases that can be spread by mosquitoes. Hundreds of thousands of people die from such infections every year. David Hancock was almost one of ...

Health officials in Pasadena have confirmed a case of West Nile Virus in the community. West Nile Virus is most commonly spread through bites from infected mosquitoes, the Centers for Disease Control ...

Scouting cornfields now might net you a different problem than the insects you might have anticipated encountering. An Iowa State University researcher says there are “very high levels” of West Nile ...

Samples of mosquitoes in State College Borough, Rush Township, College Township and Harris Township recently tested positive for West Nile virus, which can spread from infected mosquitoes to humans.

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