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A new study shows that people who have been infected with West Nile virus may have persistent virus in their kidneys for years after initial infection, potentially leading to kidney problems.
COLUMBIA BASIN — The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) declared the 2009 West Nile virus season, the most active on record, is over. The 2009 season ended as cold fall weather approached. August is generally the peak of the season, according to a DOH representative.
A 66-year-old Denton man died Sunday from the West Nile virus, according to his family. Charlie Mac Sweatman had been sick for nine weeks, said his son Gary. He speculated that his father was bitten by an infected mosquito on one of the many evenings he would sit on the back porch of his Bernard Street home to smoke.
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine have published a new study about the West Nile Virus.
The summer weather brings pesky bugs that can pose health hazards, like mosquitoes and human West Nile, but this year`s cool fall weather has helped to eliminate that problem.
Officials warn people to avoid going outside at dawn and dusk The Palm Beach County Health Department confirmed the presence of West Nile Virus Thursday in its sentinel chickens.
The first case of the West Nile virus in two years has been confirmed in Palm Beach County.
State also had its first death confirmed from the virus The 2009 West Nile virus season was the most active on record. Most activity was on the east side of the Cascades, but Western Washington had its share.
A Nebraska appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit from a former Union Pacific Railroad worker who claims the company should have better protected her from West Nile virus. Vivika Deviney ...
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By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE STAFF WRITER A 62-year-old Whitehouse man who recovered from West Nile virus was the lone human case of the disease in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan this year. There weren't even any mosquitoes from Lucas County that tested positive for West Nile for the first time since 2002, although the virus has not gone away, said Lee Mitchell, biologist for the Toledo ...