Health officials in Ill., Wis. report 3 West Nile virus deaths
Health officials say two people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus.
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Health officials say two people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus.
The Cook County Department of Public Health rates the current risk level for getting the West Nile virus as high.
The Cook County Department of Public Health rates the current risk level for getting the mosquito-borne West Nile virus as high. Sabrina Franza reports.
Dr. Anthony Fauci , the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a longtime public health official who headed up the United States' response to the coronavirus pandemic, is recovering at home after being hospitalized with West Nile virus.
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Fauci said he was hospitalized after experiencing a fever, chills and severe fatigue.
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, West Nile is transmitted through the bite of a Culex mosquito, or house mosquito, that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird.
This week, the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District found the first West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in their traps.
In Chicago, West Nile-positive mosquitoes have been identified in three Chicago community areas, all of them on the South Side.
Lake and Cook County health officials have issued reminders for everyone to protect themselves.
Last month, Cook County identified a positive sample of the virus.
One batch was confirmed in Hoffman Estates in Cook County, and the second in Jacksonville in Morgan County.
A batch of mosquitos found in Hoffman Estates earlier this week tested positive. So far, there have not been any reported cases in humans.
West Nile Virus is transmitted to people by infected mosquitos. Approximately one in five infected people will develop fever, headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash.
Health officials say the patient is a woman in her 60s, living in Woodridge. She became sick in August.
Health officials said a woman in her 60s living in Woodridge became sick in August.
The person was said to be in their 90s and lived in suburban Cook County.
The person was said to be in their 90s and lived in suburban Cook County.
It's all in an effort to protect residents from the West Nile Virus.
The insects have also been found in Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Northfield, and Skokie.
A batch of mosquitoes tested positive for the virus in Wilmette. The insects have also been found in Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Northfield, and Skokie.
So far, mosquitos that tested positive for the virus have been found in Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Northfield, and Skokie.
So far this year, mosquitos that have tested positive for the virus were found inside traps in Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, and Northfield.
The district says it has found the first West Nile Virus-positive mosquitoes to occur in their traps in Morton Grove this year.
Health officials say they sampled the mosquitos at the end of June and they were taken from Bannockburn, Lake Villa, and Vernon Hills.
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