New York City is planning to spray pesticides to help prevent the spread of mosquitoes, and potential diseases. The announcement comes days after Dr Anthony Fauci, former National Institute of ...

A dozen presidents of colleges and universities in Illinois signed a letter calling out "unprecedented government overreach ...

SO WE’RE SEEING MOSQUITO SEASONS ARE GETTING LONGER EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE DO HAVE THE PREVALENCE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN OUR REGION EVERY SINGLE YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD 129 HUMAN CASES THROUGHOUT ...

As Sacramento and Yolo counties gear up for another potential spike in West Nile virus cases, public health officials are ...

The $153,700 program will target standing water in wetlands, ditches, and storm drains while testing for multiple mosquito-borne diseases, including the West Nile Virus.

Mosquitoes have been transmitting the West Nile virus to humans in the United States ... that would be more suggestive that it is a new WNV strain or a slightly different strain coming from ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) confirmed a travel-related case of West Nile virus in a Shelby County resident. SCHD said that the Shelby County resident had recently ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Helicopter larvicide drops will soon take place to prevent diseases like West Nile virus. San Diego County’s Vector Control Program is planning to conduct aerial ...

Severe infection with West Nile virus is a spreading problem worldwide that disproportionately affects those over age 50. And evidence is mounting that when the virus causes sickness, the long ...

The virus is rare in the US, with fewer than 50 cases reported yearly. For reference, there are roughly 2,000 cases of West Nile Virus reported ... first identified in New Mexico in 1993.