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. The TriCounty Health Department said a water sample from the Uintah Basin tested positive for the virus, KSL-TV reported. West Nile Virus […]
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 […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother has urged residents to take preventative measures against West Nile virus after her son became seriously ill, officials said. Ryan Stuart, 37, can no longer walk or eat on his own and only speaks a few mostly inaudibly words after contracting the neuro-invasive […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A number of counties in Utah are reporting mosquito populations carrying West Nile virus following a spring with weather conditions that allowed the pests to flourish. The Deseret News reported Sunday that officials in Davis, Salt Lake, Sevier, Uintah and Weber counties have found mosquito populations with […]
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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials say the first human case of West Nile virus in Salt Lake County this year has been found. The county Health Department says the person infected is an adult who remains hospitalized. The agency says the infected person has the neuroinvasive West Nile […]
AURORA, Utah (AP) — Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been spotted near the central Utah city of Aurora. The Central Utah Public Health Department says officials detected the virus earlier this week. They received test results confirming the virus on Friday. Aurora is the second city in Utah to […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been spotted in the eastern Utah city of Moab. The Deseret News reports officials detected the virus on July 2 in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve. City officials received test results confirming the virus on Thursday. Moab is the first city […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An extremely wet spring in Utah County is expected to bring a monster summer for mosquitoes. The Daily Herald reports the county health department’s Mosquito Abatement District began spraying for mosquitoes the second week of June. That was after surveillance trapping earlier this month showed mosquito […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — By the time lunchtime rolled around, Quinten Salt only had one vial of mosquito larvae in his pocket. That was a lower number than usual — but not surprising considering recent weather conditions. The wetter- and colder-than-usual spring has made it difficult for local mosquito […]
