The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that a mosquito in Illinois tested positive for West Nile virus. Find out ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced its first mosquito pool to test positive for the West Nile virus in the ...

The mosquito batch was collected on May 9 in Rockford by the Winnebago County Health Department and tested positive for the virus on May 12.

The Lackawanna County West Nile Virus Prevention Program recently began its seasonal mosquito monitoring, with the first ...

The first mosquito pool to test positive for West Nile virus in the state was found in Rockford, according to the Illinois ...

The Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD) has started its annual mosquito trapping season and testing for West ...

Symptoms may last from a few days to a few weeks. Most people infected with West Nile virus will not show any symptoms; however, in rare cases, severe illness including meningitis, encephalitis ...

Last year in Illinois, the agency said that 72 Illinois counties reported positive tests for West Nile Virus in mosquitoes, birds, horses or humans. There were 69 confirmed human cases of the ...

With the incidence of Lyme disease growing in Ontario, Lambton Public Health is keeping watch for its carrier, the blacklegged tick. With the incidence of Lyme disease growing in Ontario, Lambton ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced that the first mosquito pool of the year to test positive for ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that a mosquito pool in Rockford tested positive for West Nile Virus — the first positive cases this year. The specimens were collected on May 9.

There were 69 confirmed human cases and 13 deaths ... “The news of the first batch of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus is a reminder for Illinois residents to begin protecting themselves ...