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The patients range from 40 to 80 years old and reside on the Northwest and South sides. The patients’ symptoms began in late ...
Chicago reported three human cases of West Nile virus in the last month as city officials warn the risk of contracting the ...
(CBS) -- Two people in DuPage County have died after contracting the West Nile Virus, health officials confirmed on Tuesday. An Addison resident in their 70s and a West Chicago resident in ...
The Chicago Department of Public Health reported 13 human cases and no deaths in 2021. West Nile virus is transmitted through mosquito bites and cannot be spread from person to person, CDPH ...
A West Nile virus survivor shared the story of her harrowing journey with the brain infection she first thought was a stroke.
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 – 42 of them in Cook County.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago resident has died from the West Nile Virus, the first Illinois death this year related to the virus, the Illinois Department of Health confirmed Thursday.
The risk of West Nile virus in Chicago is considered “high,” as health officials say the area is experiencing “a higher ...