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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.
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 ...
The final count of laboratory-confirmed West Nile virus infections reported in Wyoming residents was 12 this year, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. Four of the reported case patients were from Fremont County, three from Goshen County, two from Platte County, and one each from Converse, Campbell and Washakie counties. There was one West Nile virus-related [...]
OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad will have to defend itself from a lawsuit by a former employee who says the company should have protected her better from getting West Nile virus.
Diseases go global"Lots of new diseases are emerging and diseases were once local are now global," says Roman, a wildlife expert and fellow at UVM's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics. "Diseases like West Nile Virus have spread around the world very quickly."This is not the first time humans have faced a raft of new diseases. About 10,000 years ago, humans invented farming. This move from ...
North Dakota has recorded its lowest summer count of human West Nile cases since the virus was found in the state seven years ago. Only one human case was confirmed by the state Health Department, and the West Nile threat is over because freezing tem
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Health has reported another death from the West Nile virus in Mississippi. A Rankin County resident is the fifth person to die from the virus.
BANNING - Fifty year-old Andre McDonald's recovery from West Nile encephalitis-meningitis hasn't been easy.
Testing of sentinel chickens confirmed the mosquito-borne disease.
West Nile virus has sickened 36 people in Washington so far this year, including nine people in Be
ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Despite blood donor screening, healthcare providers should be aware transfusion transmission of West Nile virus can occur, federal health officials said.