west nile virus

A mother from St. George is warning others after her teenage son nearly died from West Nile virus. Kate Horn said the 17-year-old was bitten by a mosquito and ended up in the I-C-U with the more serious neuroinvasive form. Health officials say it affects about one-percent of West Nile patients and can cause swelling in the brain and spinal cord...

A Utah mother is urging people to wear insect repellent after her son was diagnosed with a rare form of West Nile virus. Gina Vodopich said yesterday that her son might have avoided being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus if he had taken 30 seconds and covered himself with repellent...

Another person has been diagnosed with West Nile virus in Utah. The Southeast Utah Health Department reported yesterday that an adult was diagnosed with the virus in Moab. Unlike a case reported in Salt Lake County on Monday, the new case does not involve the neuroinvasive form of the disease...

The Southwest Utah Public Health Department has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in Washington County this year. The adult who contracted it is one of two confirmed cases in Utah. The Salt Lake County Health Department has diagnosed the first-known human case of West Nile virus in Salt Lake county this year...

Residents in Washington County are urged to take precautions after mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus. According to the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, the results on the insects tested came earlier this week. Residents should wear insect repellent from dusk to dawn, and wear long shirt sleeves and pants while outdoors...

West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes collected near Moab, officials said Thursday. The mosquitoes were collected by the Moab Mosquito Abatement District in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve. The agency pulled samples on July 2, and Thursday the samples came back positive for West Nile...