Suburban Cook County reports first 4 West Nile virus cases of 2026

The Cook County Department of Public Health has reported the first four cases of West Nile virus in suburban Cook County this year and is urging residents to take precautions against mosquito bites. All four cases were identified in adults, the health department said Friday. Dr. Kiran Joshi, chief operating officer of

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A person in Utrecht province has died in hospital after catching West Nile virus in the Netherlands, the public health...

The virus can cause severe, ​life-threatening illness in about one ​in 150 people who are infected.

A person in the province of Utrecht has died after contracting West Nile virus in the Netherlands, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said Wednesday.

As wildfires rage and intense heat builds across the region, daytime highs of 110-11F (43-46C) are forecast Surging temperatures are expected to broil more than 45 million people as a heat dome settles in across the south-western US through the end of August and into early September, according to the National Weather S

Even after sunset, there will be little relief, as much of the South is expected to remain above 80 degrees for several nights in a row.