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West Nile virus still a concern as summer ends in New York City

Summer may be coming to a close, but don’t count out New York City’s mosquitoes just yet. Steamy temperatures help keep the buzzing bloodsuckers active and breeding — extending the season for them to ... read more

West Nile Virus: The Stranger That Came To Stay

In today’s New York Times, Manny Fernandez and Donald McNeil report that West Nile virus is wreaking havoc in Dallas. This summer ... centuries, still more viruses arrived. HIV came to the United ... read more

West Nile Virus Hits Deadly Record High In New Jersey

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – After a summer of warm and rainy weather, an explosion of mosquitoes has driven the number of West Nile virus victims to record levels in New Jersey, including the ... read more

Q&A: Bad season predicted for West Nile virus

Still ... East. West Nile wasn’t seen in the Western Hemisphere until the summer of 1999, when a cluster of encephalitis cases in New York City drew the attention of public health officials. By the ... read more

What's making the 2012 West Nile virus outbreak the worst ever?

(CBS News) The West Nile virus outbreak of the summer of 2012 is on track to be the worst ever ... Dr. Clifford Bassett, an allergist and immunologist in New York City who is also a clinical assistant ... read more

Louisiana flooding: West Nile, not Zika, poses bigger threat

But the bigger concern in Louisiana a few weeks after the flood will be West Nile virus ... people living in the New Orleans area should still be mindful of standing water. "Make sure you turn over ... read more

Ruffed grouse numbers down in Minnesota, Wisconsin; West Nile virus one suspected reason

Two states, two responses Roy didn’t mention in the release that a suspected culprit in the grouse disappearance is West Nile virus (WNV), which made its U.S. debut in New York in 1999 ... him to a ... read more

All-clear still can’t be sounded in Dallas area’s West Nile outbreak

The worst West Nile virus outbreak in North Texas ... Dallas County had 173 such cases. The virus, which is carried in birds, was first detected in the U.S. in 1999 in New York City. Each summer, it ... read more

CDC: 2,636 cases of West Nile virus so far in record 2012

(Learn more about the West Nile virus by watching the video on the left.) West Nile virus is a seasonal epidemic in North America that usually occurs in the summer and through ... NYU Langone Medical ... read more

With Record Rain, Threat Of Breeding Mosquitoes, West Nile Always A Concern

Extended-release larvicide briquettes will provide control all summer. Starting on Monday, the health department will set a total of 83 traps across the city, and samples will be tested weekly for ... read more

High number of mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus, health officials say

An unusually high number of mosquitoes in Massachusetts have tested positive for West Nile virus ... in New England, as well as New York City, experienced a similar phenomenon, she said. Typically, ... read more

Bellmawr Man Is New Jersey’s First Confirmed West Nile Virus Case

A man in New Jersey is the state’s first official case of West Nile virus this year, health officials confirmed. They say the 60-year-old Bellmawr man was admitted to a hospital on July 12 with ... read more