EEE and West Nile virus risk map EEE and West Nile virus risk maps as of Sept. 4 from the Massachusetts Department of Health. For an interactive map, go to this link.

Mosquitoes in all seven Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro counties in Minnesota tested positive for West Nile virus, and over 25% ...

Health department maps showed mosquitoes recently tested positive for West Nile across the city. Six people were infected this year, officials said. One person was hospitalized.

There is a median of about 2,200 West Nile virus cases in the U.S. every year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. How to stay safe from EEE and West Nile virus ...

West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes for the first time this year in the Bay State, according to the Department of Public Health. The confirmed virus in a mosquito sample collected last ...

EEE and West Nile virus are transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The last EEE outbreak, which according to officials occurred in 2019-2020, resulted in 17 human cases ...

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Tuesday that West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time this year.

There were 69 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus in 2024, including 13 deaths, according to the IDPH. This was the highest number since 2018, when 17 virus-related human deaths were recorded.

The worst West Nile outbreak in the U.S. to date came in 2002. That year in Illinois alone, there were 884 cases across the state, and 67 deaths, with 42 of them in Cook County.

West Nile virus has been found in samples taken several times in recent years, and two deaths in Louisiana were attributed to the virus in 2018.