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West Nile Virus Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for West Nile Virus.

Results 1 - 20 of 675 in West Nile Virus

  1. 5th Miss. West Nile Death Reported 1hrRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | WAPT

    A Rankin County resident became Mississippi's fifth death of 2009 attributed to West Nile virus, state health officials said Wednesday.

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    Related Topix: Health, Mississippi State, MS, 9

  2. Miss. records 5th West Nile deathRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

    The Mississippi Department of Health has reported another death from the West Nile virus in Mississippi.

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    Related Topix: Health, Rankin County, MS

  3. Blood donations are down because the H1N1 virus has made so many donors ill.Read the original story

    Tuesday | ABC7News

    ... still be safe. There are viruses that could spread from a transfusion including HIV AIDS, Hepatitis C and West Nile virus. Colds and the flu have been the exception. Dr. Philip Norris does not expect the Swine Flu to act any differently. He has done ...

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

  4. Mosquito season lingers in Dallas-Fort WorthRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | The Dallas Morning News

    ... in Dallas, part of the Texas A&;M family. "Somebody mentioned today that they're still spraying for West Nile virus, so the Health Department is still finding enough positive mosquito pools." Now, some mosquitoes actually will survive through the ...

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    Related Topix: Dallas, TX, Entomology, Science

  5. Signs, symptoms of heart attacks are diverseRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | SouthCoastToday.com

    ... Other than referring me to a rheumatologist, my doctor hasn't told me much about it. I did have West Nile virus a few years ago and wonder if it has any relation to it. - J.P. Dermatomyositis (DUR-mat-oh-MY-oh-SIGH-tiss) is a rare illness in which ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain

  6. Butte County Reporting Fewer Human Cases of West Nile This Year

    Tuesday | Newstalk1290 KPAY

    Butte County Mosquito and vector control officials are releasing their latest West Nile Virus numbers.

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    Related Topix: Health

  7. Response Biomedical Corporation Announces Third Quarter ResultsRead the original story

    Sep 30, 2009 | Business Wire

    ... In the non-clinical market, RAMP Tests are currently provided for the environmental detection of West Nile Virus, and Biodefense applications including the rapid on-site detection of anthrax, smallpox, ricin and botulinum toxin. Several other ...

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  8. Top 5 Ways to Repel InsectsRead the original story

    Monday | How Stuff Works

    ... of encephalitis, carried by mosquitoes [source: EPA ]. Additionally, since 1999, more than 27,000 cases of West Nile virus have been reported in the United States alone. Malaria, another mosquito-borne disease, kills more than one million people ...

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    Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lyme Disease, Health, Malaria

  9. How DEET WorksRead the original story

    Monday | How Stuff Works

    ... and no-see-ums. Repelling these insects means a significant decrease in your chances of contracting malaria, West Nile virus, Lyme disease and many other insect-borne illnesses. The U.S. Army developed DEET in 1946 to protect soldiers in jungles ...

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    Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Malaria, Health

  10. Research Firm Opens In HarrisonburgRead the original story

    Monday | NBC29

    ... Inside the facility near Harrisonburg, two dozen of scientists from all over the world fight tuberculosis, West Nile virus, even bioterrorism. "Our staff here speak 15 different languages fluently, and several others not quite so fluently," said SRI ...

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    Related Topix: Harrisonburg, VA, US Governors, Tim Kaine

  11. Full nest stretches raptor program's financesRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Nov 8 | Greeley Tribune

    ... expanded the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program's service area to 300,000 square miles. The third theory involves West Nile virus. The virus first hit Colorado in 2003, and it's here to stay, Scherpelz said. While older birds have developed an immunity ...

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    Related Topix: Fort Collins, CO

  12. Cat Gets Swine FluRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 8 | The Orlando Sentinel

    ... research area in recent decades with the appearance of deadly new emergent diseases like Ebola, HIV/AIDS and West Nile virus . But finding a cat sick with H1N1 flu -- as that disease spreads to pandemic proportions -- surprised health experts. "This ...

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Ames, IA, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Pets, Ferrets

  13. Vermont eBird takes wingRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 8 | BurlingtonFreePress.com

    ... essentially a giant monitoring project that could eventually have the capacity to detect anything from the West Nile virus to weather patterns to climate change. For example we saw the data in crow and blue jay deaths before we were aware of the ...

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    Related Topix: Vermont, Woodstock, VT

  14. More EEE found in NH this year than ever beforeRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 7 | EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

    ... presence of EEE, although they used to test hundreds of birds a year. The state had no reported presence of West Nile virus this year and just a single mosquito batch tested positive for that disease in 2008. But there's no quick answer as to why ...

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    Related Topix: Candia, NH, Entomology, Science, University of New Hampshire

  15. Little Argus: Nov. 7Read the original story

    Friday Nov 6 | Home - Carlsbad Current-Argus

    ... account has been opened at Western Commerce Bank for Ignacio Olivo to help cover expenses associated with West Nile Virus. The account number is 40202531. Andrew "Andy" Rocha A benefit account has been opened at Wells Fargo Bank for Andrew "Andy" ...

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    Related Topix: Carlsbad, NM, Eddy County, NM

  16. Flooding extends mosquito season in areaRead the original story

    Friday Nov 6 | Monroe News Star

    ... 'And then the rains came.' One silver lining has been the relatively low counts of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus. As it does every year, district staff pulled mosquito traps that tested positive for the virus, but the positive results ...

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    Related Topix: Louisiana, Health

  17. Wyo. reports 12 West Nile cases, 1 death for yearRead the original story

    Friday Nov 6 | KIFI Idaho Falls

    The Wyoming Department of Health reports that 12 Wyoming residents were infected by West Nile virus this year, resulting in one death and three hospitalizations.

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    Related Topix: Health, Goshen County, WY

  18. The Friday Game: SneezeRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 6 | Next Generation

    ... smallpox, which, if you're really lucky, can make all your skin fall off, and my personal preoccupation the West Nile virus, a disease with so many horrible symptoms, you literally don't know if you're coming or going until, well, until suddenly ...

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

  19. Senior volunteers offer wisdom, guidance to Denton communityRead the original story

    Friday Nov 6 | Texas Gigs

    ... Readers, in which volunteers read to kindergarten and first grade classes on a regular basis; and the West Nile Virus education program, which utilizes a trained task force in disseminating information about West Nile virus prevention. Contributions ...

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    Related Topix: Denton County, TX, Tax

  20. Tregs control the development of symptomatic West Nile virus infection in humans and mice.Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | CiteULike

    gbloeb Abstract West Nile virus (WNV) causes asymptomatic infection in most humans, but for undefined reasons, approximately 20% of immunocompetent individuals develop West Nile fever, a potentially debilitating febrile illness, and approximately 1% ...

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    Related Topix: Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters