A Mercer County mosquito group has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV), according to the county’s conservation district. West Nile virus was detected in mosquitos collected from Hempfield Township and is the third group to test positive for WNV in the county this year after a case was found back on Aug.

Mosquito control districts around the state work summer through fall to trap mosquitoes and send them to a diagnostics lab at the LSU Vet School to be tested for West Nile virus. The majority of people who get the virus won't have any symptoms,

One confirmed case of West Nile Virus in a human, plus one probable case, doubles the numbers from a week ago, according to RI officials.

Frisco increases mosquito control after West Nile virus found in three pools, prompting overnight ground spraying in affected neighborhoods.

West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Greene County. Greene County Public Health announced Thursday that it was notified by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) that West Nile Virus was detected in another mosquito sample that was tested.

New Jersey health officials report that three residents have died from West Nile virus, with the total of human cases reported this season in the state rising to 16. The three people who died were from Cumberland, Mercer, and Middlesex counties, according to the New Jersey Department of Health’s latest update on mosquito-borne illnesses.

The health district’s confirmed positive case of West Nile Virus in a human was in College Station, in the 77845 zip code. Mosquito traps were also tested in Grimes County, zip code 77868, yielding positive test results.

DENTON COUNTY, Texas — Three new human cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in Denton County by its health department on Friday.

An Ulster County resident has tested positive for the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus, health officials say.