The Tazewell County Health Department is reporting the first human death related to the West Nile Virus in the county this ...

For the second time in the last week, a sentinel chicken used by the Mobile County Health Department to detect mosquito-borne diseases in the community has tested positive for West Nile Virus.

West Nile Virus can cause encephalitis or a swelling of the brain ... When an infected mosquito bites a chicken, the bird’s ...

Even with lower temperatures and lower risk of mosquito-borne illnesses, the best practice is to keep up with preventative ...

A sentinel chicken used by the Mobile County Health Department to detect mosquito-borne diseases in the community has tested ...

West Nile Virus has been diagnosed in 108 animals overall ... WNV typically affects horses, humans and birds, but can sometimes cause illness in other animals. Cases of WNV are typically seen ...

Thirteen horses from Allegan, Cass, Clare, Kalamazoo, Lapeer, Menominee, Osceola (2), St. Joseph, Tuscola, Van Buren (2) and ...

The type of mosquitoes collected are responsible for circulating West Nile virus in the wild bird population and transmitting it to humans. Cabarrus Health Alliance Environmental Health staff ...

"[The West Nile virus] actually comes from birds," Kruty-Crothers said. "A bird that has the virus has to be bitten by a mosquito, and then that mosquito would then have to bite a person. That's why ...

Even as cases of H5N1 virus among animals and people are rising in the U.S., there's no evidence of human-to-human transmission. NBC Universal, Inc. The bird flu virus hasn’t yet spread from ...