West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in McDonough County, according to the McDonough County Health department.

Nashville health officials want you to be on the lookout after they detected the season's first case of the West Nile Virus in Madison this week.

CHICAGO (CBS) — More batches of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus are being found in Illinois this year. The latest were found in Niles. The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District found ...

The first Illinois resident to die of West Nile virus this year was a Lake County resident who succumbed to the disease in August, the state health department announced. The person, who was in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — The Illinois Department of Public Health announced its first mosquito pool to test positive for the West Nile virus in the state on Tuesday. The virus is transmitted through ...

The Illinois case involved a person in their ... The species of mosquitoes that are the main carriers of West Nile virus are especially active at dawn and dusk, so it’s particularly important ...

The mosquito batch was collected on May 9 in Rockford by the Winnebago County Health Department and tested positive for the virus on May 12.

“West Nile virus has been in our area since 2002 ... It’s not just the South. The Illinois Department of Public Health said its first positive test was detected in Winnebago County.

The McDonough County Health Department announced on Wednesday a batch of mosquitoes in Bushnell, Illinois tested positive for ...