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Health Department confirms West Nile Virus
New Delhi :: India | 17 days ago
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The Palm Beach County Health Department confirmed the presence of West Nile Virus Thursday in its sentinel chickens. The chickens are used to detect such mosquito-borne diseases. It is the first confirmation of the disease since November 2007. Many infected...
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The Capital Journal, South Dakota: West Nile epidemic dwindling
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility No one goes so far as to declare West Nile virus no longer poses a public health threat in South Dakota. Still, cases involving the mosquito-borne disease suddenly have dwindled, nearly as quickly as the deadly epidemic of West Nile virus first burst...
Tags: South Dakota, Capital Journal, SBA, west nile
Cape Coral woman dies of swine flu
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The health department did not say whether she was pregnant. "We offer our sincere condolences to this woman's family and friends for their loss" said health department director Dr. Judith A. Hartner. Of the 112 swine flu-related Florida deaths reported...
Tags: west nile, Washington, nile virus, swine flu, Lee County Health Department, Lee County Mosquito Control, h1n1 virus, Southwest Florida
Mosquito-borne Virus Poses New Health Threat
Washington :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Just weeks after British Columbia confirmed its first locally acquired human cases of West Nile virus, North America and Europe face a new health threat from another mosquito-borne disease. The Chikungunya virus, which first appeared in southern Tanzania...
Tags: nile virus, west nile, Washington
Girl struck while walking to school in Yakima
Yakima :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility A 10-year-old girl walking to school in Yakima was struck by a pickup truck driven by a retired Washington State Patrol sergeant. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Veronica Gonzalez was in a crosswalk and the 65-year-old driver, David Gotzh, did not...
Tags: Yakima Herald-Republic, west nile, nile virus, Yakima
Vital discovery in Aids fight
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The Scripps Research Institute, Theraclone Sciences and Monogram Biosciences will now try to exploit the new-found vulnerability on the virus to craft novel approaches to designing an Aids vaccine. What’s more, the global collaboration and process that...
Tags: west nile, New York City
Merced County records first fatality from West Nile virus
Merced :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Allan Inman, manager of the Merced County Mosquito Abatement District, said his office would increase spraying in light of the death, which was announced Thursday. West Nile is a mosquito-borne disease that began in Africa and the Middle East...Although...
Tags: west nile, nile virus, Merced
State reports 2nd West Nile virus case
Olympia :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Both of the cases reported were in Marion County, state health officials said. Mosquitoes in 25 counties across the state have tested positive for the virus, which can include fever, headache, body aches or a rash. In some cases, it can also lead to...
Tags: health, swine flu, nile virus, west nile, Washington Department of Health, Eastern Washington, test positive, human cases, health officials, Benton County
Rockwall/Rowlett blog: Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus in Rowlett, Highland Park
Rowlett :: TX :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Mosquito pools have tested positive for West Nile Virus in Rowlett and Highland Park, and spraying will begin early Thursday morning if the weather permits, according to an announcement by the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services.
Tags: Dallas County, west nile
Franklin Co. mosquitos test positive for virus
Pasco :: WA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The positive samples are being found in wetland areas near Connell, Mesa, Basin City and Eltopia, said Brian Benner, director of the Franklin County Mosquito Control District. Two birds from Pasco tested positive for West Nile in August...And it can be...
Tags: west nile, test positive, nile virus, contra costa
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