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Acushnet Community News
| 8 months ago
State health officials are confirming a fourth case of Eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts. The Department of Health said today the Plymouth County man in his 60s is hospitalized. Officials also announced a 14th case of West Nile virus, in a...
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Gulf Breeze News
| 8 months ago
Belew told Gulf Breeze News that his wife, Annie, was being treated for the virus at Gulf Breeze Hospital...The possibility that other individuals might become infected with the virus is extremely high. Santa Rosa Mosquito Control is continuing to...
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Consumer Reports Health Blog
| 8 months ago
The human toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose by about 35 percent, overall, since Sept. 6 , to 2,636 cases, including 118 deaths. "We still believe that this year's outbreak is the largest to date and certainly the most serious," said Lyle R.
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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
Howard Stolz, a prominent community volunteer, died Saturday after being hospitalized for 10 days with encephalitis, a severe neuroinvasive condition brought on by the virus. At 74, Stolz fit the profile of those most likely to succumb to the disease,...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Health officials said Wednesday that they are convinced this will be the worst year for West Nile virus deaths and severe illnesses since the disease hit America's shores in 1999. So far, 1,405 serious illnesses and 118 deaths from West Nile have...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| 8 months ago
Two more North Texans have died from complications related to the West Nile virus. This marks the sixth death in Tarrant County and the 15th in Dallas County this summer...The Tarrant County man was in his seventies and lived in Fort Worth, county...
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Epoch Times
| 8 months ago
September 12, 2012 A field sample of mosquitoes that could carry West Nile Virus is seen at offices of the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health on April 26, 2007 in Hemet, California. (David McNew/Getty Images) U.S. officials believe...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
A total of 2,636 U.S. cases of West Nile virus were reported to the government -- an increase of 35 percent since last week, health officials say. Dr. Lyle Petersen , director of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases and at the Centers for Disease...
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WebMD
| 8 months ago
While in the middle of a West Nile epidemic, the number of severe illnesses is the best indicator of how bad the season is. That's because nearly everyone with severe symptoms of "neuroinvasive" disease -- sudden encephalitis , meningitis , or polio-...
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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
Mosquito control and public health agencies warn of the continued threat of West Nile virus in the Sacramento region. The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District reported today that 25 mosquito samples and 18 dead birds have tested...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| 8 months ago
Texas Another North Texan has died of West Nile virus, bringing the North Texas West Nile death toll to at least 27 and the Texas toll to at least 51. A Tarrant County Public Health statement Wednesday described the victim as a Hurst man in his late...
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
New West Nile virus counts for Ontario show the province has already had the worst year for the illness since 2002. The weekly report from Public Health Ontario says the province's case count jumped another 36 per cent last week, to 158 confirmed and...
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The Washington Times
| 8 months ago
Health officials say they're convinced this will be the worst year for West Nile virus deaths and severe illnesses since the disease hit America's shores in 1999. Officials on Wednesday said 1,405 serious illnesses and 118 deaths have been reported,...
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Contra Costa Times
| 8 months ago
The discovery of three dead birds and a sample group of mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile virus has prompted a new round of spraying, scheduled for Thursday night, officials said. The announcement comes only days after Contra Costa County'...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
The numbers for West Nile virus cases continue to rise , up 35 percent in the last week. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is confident the nation has turned the corner on its worst-ever epidemic of West Nile virus disease. "Based on...
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The Appeal-Democrat
| 8 months ago
Sutter County residents contract West Nile virus September 12, 2012 01:20:00 PM Sutter County Public Health said today that three more human cases of West Nile virus have been reported to the department, making a total of five cases in the county so...
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Fox
| 8 months ago
FoxNews.com Human cases of West Nile virus disease are continuing to increase. As of Tuesday, state health departments have reported at least 2,636 cases; 118 of them fatal, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These figures...
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CNN
| 8 months ago
EDT, Wed September 12, 2012 Health officials believe the worst of the West Nile epidemic is over for this year. (CNN) -- Despite a 35% jump in West Nile virus cases since last week, federal health officials said Wednesday that they believe the worst...
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CNN
| 8 months ago
EDT, Wed September 12, 2012 Health officials believe the worst of the West Nile epidemic is over for this year. (CNN) -- Despite a 35% jump in West Nile virus cases since last week, federal health officials said Wednesday that they believe the worst...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
This year's outbreak of West Nile is the most serious since the virus was discovered in the United States in 1999, but health officials hope the worst is over. "We've turned the corner on the epidemic. West Nile virus outbreaks in the United States...
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South Burgenite
| 8 months ago
Children sit close to one another in classrooms and need to have the proper protection against the viruses that can spread throughout the school day. For those attending preschool and day care centers, parents should keep in mind that these infants...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
FoxNews.com Human cases of West Nile virus disease are continuing to increase. As of Tuesday, state health departments have reported at least 2,636 cases; 118 of them fatal, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These figures...
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Franklin Lakes Oakland Suburban News
| 8 months ago
Health officials say they're convinced this will be the worst year for West Nile virus deaths and severe illnesses since the disease hit America's shores in 1999. Officials on Wednesday said so far 1,405 serious illnesses and 118 deaths have been...
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NY1
| 8 months ago
As NY1 revisits its 20-year history, the station looks back at reporter Jay Dow's September 12, 1999 coverage as the city began targeted mosquito spraying in all five boroughs after a handful of cases of viral encephalitis were discovered in local...
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
| 8 months ago
Tell us West Nile virus has claimed the life of a sixth Tarrant County resident, a Fort Worth man in his late 70s, county public health officials reported Tuesday...The Tarrant County man had underlying health conditions, said Vanassa Joseph, the...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 8 months ago
Last week, local and federal health officials told us what we already knew: This is officially the worst year for West Nile virus in the U.S. since it was first discovered in New York 13 years ago . And they warned: While ground spraying in some...
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Contra Costa Times
| 9 months ago
Font Resize A Central County woman was confirmed last week at the first human victim of the West Nile virus in Contra Costa this year, Contra Costa health officials said Tuesday. The woman was reportedly only mildly ill and is expected to make a full...
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Tulsa World
| 9 months ago
Tulsa World File Another Tulsa County resident has died from West Nile Virus, bringing the total number of deaths statewide this year to eight...The other deaths have been in Carter, Oklahoma and Seminole counties...Last week the state broke the 2007...
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The Reporter
| 9 months ago
Matyas, health officer/deputy director of Solano's Health and Social Services Department, in a press release. Officials would not release any further information on the man, including what Solano city he is from...In 2006, there were eight cases and...
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Rose Garden Resident
| 9 months ago
The agency will then send someone to the home to treat the water to reduce the risk of West Nile virus transmission. At a recent Realtor tour meeting, Mark Burns, past president of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors, relayed the department's...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| 9 months ago
Texas A third death from West Nile virus has been reported from a Texas Red River county. Cooke County has reported the West Nile death of a 76-year-old man who lived in the southwestern part of Gainesville. TV (http://bit.ly/QfWevW) of Ardmore, Okla.
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
| 9 months ago
Tell us Star-Telegram Tarrant County public health officials have recorded one human case of West Nile virus disease since Sept. 1. The number of cases has dropped significantly since reaching a peak in July, said Anita Kurian, chief epidemiologist...
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About Pediatrics
| 9 months ago
Last week, the CDC predicted that we would likely pass the epidemic numbers of West Nile cases that we saw in 2002 and 2003 (about 3,000 cases each year). That doesn't seem too out of reach now, as total cases have jumped from 1,590 to 1,993 since...
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The Los Angeles Times health blog
| 9 months ago
West Nile virus has caused symptoms in at least 1,993 Americans and killed 87 so far this year. And it's unlikely that this virus , which humans contract from infected mosquitoes, will be getting any less dangerous in the near future. Though the CDC...
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The Reporter
| 9 months ago
Matyas, health officer/deputy director of Solano County's Health and Social Services Department. As of Sept. 5, the California Department of Public Health reported that there have been 75 human cases of West Nile virus in 17 counties across the state...
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Kuwait Times
| 9 months ago
Mosquitos are sorted at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. Hantavirus, West Nile, Lyme disease and now, bubonic plague -the bugs of late summer are biting, although the risk of getting many of these scary-sounding diseases is very small...The...
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Kevin M.D. Medical Blog
| 9 months ago
I cannot ride a bicycle, although I can sort of halfway dance with my wife...I was a perfectly healthy surgeon, working 88.7 hours a week on average. I had missed only four days of work from illness in my 27 years of practice until a mosquito bit me...
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Baltimore Sun
| 9 months ago
Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties are getting sprayed for mosquitoes and health officials are warning residents to take precautions as the nation copes with the worst season of West Nile Virus since the disease was discovered in...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Search Senior Housing Facilities Create a personal senior housing list with our search...For other types of senior housing, you can access Seniors for Living's list of thousands of additional facilities. Enter location Selecting housing type Must...
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SF Gate
| 9 months ago
Vt. (AP) Vermont public health officials don't know why the state is seeing its first human cases of a rare viral illness that has killed an elderly man and sickened another adult, but they are committed to stopping its spread by killing mosquitoes...
