The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a person downstate, specifically in Southern Illinois, was hospitalized due to complications from West Nile.

West Nile virus is spread to humans via bites from infected mosquitoes – humans typically do not spread the virus. Most people (8 out of 10) infected with the virus do not develop any symptoms ...

The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District said the batch was collected on Monday in a trap and tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

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

West Nile virus has been confirmed in environmental samples from 17 counties across Illinois since the beginning of the year, according to the state Department of Public Health.No human cases have ...

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 ...

Two deaths from West Nile virus have been reported in Wisconsin and one in Illinois, the first such deaths in those states this year, according to state departments of health.

CHICAGO — One death from West Nile Virus has been reported in Illinois, the first death from the virus in the state this year, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The case ...

Illinois has also had nine nonfatal cases of West Nile virus so far this year, mostly in Cook County, with others in DuPage, Will, Winnebago and Tazewell counties.

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Illinois' first human case of the West Nile virus of 2025, according to a press release published by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois’ first human case of West Nile virus this year was identified in suburban Cook County, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Wednesday. The mosquito-borne illness ...