Islip Town resident tests positive for West Nile virus

Islip Town resident tests positive for West Nile virus

"Though mosquito season is now over, this case serves as a reminder that mosquitoes carrying disease were still biting after Labor Day," the Suffolk health commissioner said.

Anaheim senior hospitalized in O.C.’s first West Nile Virus case of 2025 - New Santa Ana

(Santa Ana, CA) — An Anaheim resident over the age of 80 has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV), marking the first confirmed human WNV case in Orange County this year. The person experienced headache and neurologic symptoms and was hospitalized with encephalitis, a serious brain inflammation linked to the virus. Orange County reported just one human case of West Nile virus and no related deaths in 2024. “West Nile virus is common in Orang…