SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials in northeastern Utah have detected West Nile Virus in a body of water, the state’s first report of the virus this year. KSL-TV reported that the TriCounty Health Department said a water sample from the Uintah Basin tested positive for the virus. West […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Health has confirmed this year’s first human death from West Nile virus. Authorities said Saturday that a central Utah resident at least 65 years old died from the disease carried by mosquitoes sometime between Sept. 21 and 28. Information about the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mosquito populations carrying West Nile virus have been found in multiple areas in Utah following a spring with weather conditions that allowed the pests to flourish. Officials in Davis, Salt Lake, Sevier, Uintah and Weber counties have found mosquitoes with the virus, and other areas […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials have confirmed a human case of West Nile virus in eastern Utah. The TriCounty Health Department in Vernal didn’t disclose the name, age or location of the infected person in the Uintah Basin. Health officials say at least four mosquito pools have tested […]
Health officials are warning residents after mosquitos with West Nile Virus were found in Sevier County. The Central Utah Public Health Department says mosquitoes trapped near Aurora recently tested positive for the virus. No cases of people actually becoming sick from the infected mosquitoes have been reported. According to Health […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials are reporting a human case of West Nile virus in Box Elder County, one of four cases in Utah this year. The Standard Examiner newspaper reports two more samples have also tested positive for the virus in Box Elder County, bringing the total number of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials have confirmed the first death in Utah caused by the West Nile virus this year. The Salt Lake County Health Department said in a Wednesday statement that the deceased individual was over the age of 65 and suffered from other health concerns. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus were found in three Utah counties. KUTV-TV reports mosquitoes with the West Nile virus were reported in Davis, Box Elder and Uintah Counties this week. Officials say the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District has been working all summer […]
