West Nile Virus News

A Youngstown Air Force Reserve unit charged with controlling mosquitoes during wartime is using bug-bitten North Dakota as a practice ground again this summer.

A dead crow found in southeast Chino has tested positive for West Nile virus; the first case of the virus identified this year in San Bernardino County.

Tooele Valley Mosquito Abatement District employee Dennis Workman spreads out a pesticide that deters mosquito larvae from growing in some standing water in Lake Point Monday afternoon.

A bird found in Hancock County has tested positive for the West Nile Virus. According to information from the Hancock County Health Department, the specimen was collected from Weirton Heights.

PROBLEM: A reader asked for help with a swimming pool in her neighborhood that was not being maintained.

Weather conditions permitting, personnel from the Franklin County West Nile Program will spray to control adult mosquito populations during the evening today and Tuesday in portions of Greene and Lurgan townships.

Hancock County health officials are asking the public to report any sick or dead birds they find after a starling tested positive for the West Nile virus.

With summer, comes mosquitos. Recently, it seems as though the pesky little insects are getting the best of everyone.

State health officials say a Bonneville County man has been diagnosed with the state's first case of West Nile virus this season.

West Nile has reached the Treasure Valley. Ed Burnett, Canyon County Mosquito Abatement district director, said a trap containing 95 mosquitoes tested positive for the West Nile Virus from a site on the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge.

Suffolk County plans to spray pesticide on parts of Fire Island Tuesday night in an effort to control mosquitoes, which spread West Nile virus.

A public health alert was brought on by a concern from a News First viewer. The El Paso County Health Department wants you to know the West Nile virus is here, and you have to be educated.

More than 890 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, "Do you believe West Nile is still a threat to your horse ?" Results were as follows: Yes 86.50% No 13.50% Readers shared why they feel West Nile is or is not a big threat in the comments below.

COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SHE SAYS THAT NO WEST NILE VIRUS CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED YET, BUT THE STATE IS TESTING MOSQUITOS FOR THE VIRUS.

The heat is not the only thing Panhandle residents need to be careful of this summer.

With summer here, Massachusetts health officials have begun urging residents to take steps to avoid mosquito bites and help prevent West Nile Virus and eastern equine encephalitis.

Unwelcome guests are making picnics and backyard barbeques miserable. It's the season for mosquitoes -- and this summer there are a lot of them.

Christian Boyer, West Nile virus coordinator for the state environmental protection department, records data such as temperature and humidity before spraying an area with insecticide to kill mosquitos last week.

Mosquito fogging begins in Portage la Prairie tonight. With all the media attention on H1N1, West Nile Virus lurks in the shadows, waiting to bite this summer, much like the Culex tarsalis mosquitoes that carry it.

West Nile virus season has begun, and officials say the Tri-Valley is likely to be a hot spot for infections.