Health officials sound alarm over concerning discovery made during mosquito testing: 'Prompting heightened awareness'

Health officials sound alarm over concerning discovery made during mosquito testing: 'Prompting heightened awareness'

2024 was a good year for a certain population in Ohio — which is bad news for the people who live there. Ohio's Department of Health's yearly mosquito surveillance found the West Nile virus is alive and well in the Buckeye State, Hoodline reported. What's happening? The testing collected over 416,000 mosquito samples, finding that over 8% of them across 41 counties tested positive for the West Nile virus. As Hoodline put it, these rates indicate…