Number of West Nile cases rises
SACRAMENTO - Sacramento County added another 13 cases to its West Nile virus count Friday, representing an 11 percent jump and more than half of all new cases reported in California since Tuesday.
View ArticleTales of survival
For some people who contract West Nile virus - the small percentage who develop the most serious forms of the illness - the only silver lining is that they probably never will get sick again from the...
View ArticleEl Dorado's first human West Nile case diagnosed
EL DORADO COUNTY - The county's first human case of West Nile virus has been confirmed, county public health and environmental management officials announced Monday.
View ArticleState has 10th W. Nile death
An 81-year-old woman from southeast Tulare County has become the 10th California resident to succumb to the West Nile virus, county health officials announced Thursday.
View ArticleCounty records 150th West Nile case
SACRAMENTO - West Nile virus cases in Sacramento County reached 150 Friday, up from 135 on Tuesday.
View ArticleRegion's W. Nile cases rise a bit more
SACRAMENTO - Sacramento County and Placer County accounted for the bulk of the increase in human West Nile cases reported in the state.
View ArticleState's W. Nile death toll hits 14
The state has recorded its 14th death from West Nile virus.
View ArticleBird death confirms West Nile virus in Sacramento County
A house finch, a wild bird common to North America, has been found dead in Sacramento County and is one of the first birds in California to test positive for West Nile virus.
View ArticleSouth Sacramento County to get aerial spraying in West Nile virus fight
Spells of warm weather in April and May coupled with late-spring rains are blamed for the early arrival of West Nile virus in Sacramento and Yolo counties this year.
View ArticleWest Nile activity intensifying, Sacramento-Yolo officials say
The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District reports that West Nile virus activity is intensifying throughout Sacramento and advises residents to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites.
View ArticleAdditional mosquito control spraying considered in southern Sacramento County
Growing concern over West Nile virus activity has led mosquito control officials to consider additional aerial spraying in the southern part of Sacramento County.
View ArticleSpraying to combat West Nile virus slated for Sunday and Monday nights
Aerial spraying to control mosquitoes will be conducted Sunday and Monday nights over vast areas of Sacramento and Elk Grove, a result of a spike in West Nile virus detections.
View ArticleIncreased aerial spraying for mosquitoes tied to groundwater treatment rules
If it seems like aerial bombardments of mosquitoes are coming fast and furious this summer, rest assured it's not a product of the imagination.
View ArticleCalifornia lifts rules that curbed anti-mosquito ground treatments
After months of intense lobbying, California's local mosquito control districts have won a key battle against new federal regulations that districts contended slowed them in their fight against West...
View ArticleUnvaccinated Glenn County horse has West Nile virus
A horse from an area near Orland has been diagnosed with West Nile virus equine infection, the first case diagnosed in Glenn County in almost eight years, and is not likely to survive, county officials...
View ArticleSpraying tonight, Friday will battle West Nile
Citing an increase in West Nile virus activity, mosquito control officials have scheduled aerial spraying over Woodland.
View ArticlePlacer County records region's first human West Nile cases of the year
The first human cases of West Nile virus this year in the Sacramento region have surfaced in Placer County, where one Roseville resident and two Lincoln residents have tested positive.
View ArticlePlacer County man dies from West Nile virus
Placer County has seen its first human fatality from West Nile virus this season, a reminder, officials said, of the very real danger posed by the mosquito-borne disease. Stoltz family photo Howard...
View ArticleOne human West Nile virus case confirmed, three others suspected in Yuba County
Yuba County health officials report one confirmed and three probable human cases of West Nile virus among county residents.
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