Catherine Brown

(Associated Press) - Massachusetts public health officials say a Suffolk County woman is the ninth person to contract West Nile virus in the state this year. The Department of Public Health said Friday the unidentified patient is in her 30s and likely contracted the virus locally...

State public health officials say a woman has died of West Nile virus, the second fatality this year. The Department of Public Health said Thursday it was the sixth human case of West Nile virus in Massachusetts this year. The woman was not identified, but officials say she was a Suffolk County resident in her 90s who likely contracted the virus in the Suffolk County area...