LASALLE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Mosquitoes with West Nile Virus have been found in LaSalle County, health officials said. The batch of insects was collected on Tuesday in Marseilles, Illinois, and ...

Last year saw 69 cases across the state, including six in Lake County, according to data from the Illinois Department of ...

The Egyptian Health Department confirmed positive batches of the West Nile virus in Gallatin and Saline Counties.

The Lake County Health Department reported the first human case of West Nile virus in Lake County for the year. The infected resident is in their 70s and became sick in early July, health officials ...

What to know about West Nile virus after first human case detected in Illinois While some Chicago-area counties have reported mosquitoes testing positive so far this year, the first human case of ...

Three college students are spending their summer as interns with the Will County Health Department in Joliet to help test ...

An average of 18 cases of illness from West Nile virus are reported in Wisconsin every year, according to DHS officials. Earlier this week, health officials in Illinois announced the first death ...

To date, there have been two dozen human cases of West Nile virus reported in Illinois this year, per officials. Some 28 cases were reported in 2019, including one death.

The state's public health director reported Thursday there's been a second known human case of the West Nile virus in Illinois. Doctor John Lumpkin says the 57-year-old Madison County man became ...

The first West Nile virus-related death in Illinois in 2023 also had an onset of symptoms in August, the agency reported. Last year, there were six deaths and 119 nonfatal cases reported.

The case this year is the earliest detection in nearly a decade. The virus carried by mosquitoes poses the greatest risk to people over 65 and the immunocompromised.

“Sadly, Illinois is reporting our first death of the year attributed to West Nile virus,” said Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the state health department, in a news release.