WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » west nile http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 More West Nile Cases Reported In Massachusetts http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported-in-massachusetts-2/ http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported-in-massachusetts-2/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:16:51 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=21682 Massachusetts health officials say two more human cases of mosquito-borne West Nile virus have been confirmed, bringing the season total to 22. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported-in-massachusetts-2/feed/ 0 Getty Images Triple E Claims A Second Life In Massachusetts http://wbsm.com/triple-e-claims-a-second-life-in-massachusetts/ http://wbsm.com/triple-e-claims-a-second-life-in-massachusetts/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:00:31 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=17309 A 63-year-old Amesbury woman has died of Eastern equine encephalitis. The family of Charlene Manseau tells The Daily News of Newburyport that she died Saturday from what they called complications from the mosquito-borne disease.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/triple-e-claims-a-second-life-in-massachusetts/feed/ 0 Getty Images 17th West Nile Virus Case Reported In Mass. http://wbsm.com/17th-west-nile-virus-case-reported-in-mass/ http://wbsm.com/17th-west-nile-virus-case-reported-in-mass/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:12:48 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=16780 State health officials say a 17th case of mosquito-borne West Nile virus has been reported in Massachusetts, nearly triple last year's cases.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/17th-west-nile-virus-case-reported-in-mass/feed/ 0 Getty Images More EEE, West Nile Virus Cases Reported In Massachusetts http://wbsm.com/more-eee-west-nile-virus-cases-reported-in-massachusetts/ http://wbsm.com/more-eee-west-nile-virus-cases-reported-in-massachusetts/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:24:05 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=16513 Massachusetts health officials say a sixth human case of Eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in the state, and the 16th of West Nile virus.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/more-eee-west-nile-virus-cases-reported-in-massachusetts/feed/ 0 Getty Images Triple E Mosquitos Found In Mattapoisett http://wbsm.com/triple-e-mosquitos-found-in-mattapoisett/ http://wbsm.com/triple-e-mosquitos-found-in-mattapoisett/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:50:21 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=13747 The Mattapoisett board of health is closing town-owned properties from dusk to dawn after 10 mosquito samples from the community tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/triple-e-mosquitos-found-in-mattapoisett/feed/ 0 Getty Images West Nile Virus Claims Life In Worcester http://wbsm.com/west-nile-virus-claims-life-in-worcester/ http://wbsm.com/west-nile-virus-claims-life-in-worcester/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:25:48 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=13691 State health officials say a Worcester man has died of West Nile virus, the second death from a mosquito-borne illness this summer in Massachusetts.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/west-nile-virus-claims-life-in-worcester/feed/ 0 Getty Images Massachusetts Health Officials Say Man Dies From Infected Mosquito http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-health-officials-say-man-dies-from-infected-mosquito/ http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-health-officials-say-man-dies-from-infected-mosquito/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:34:41 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=13411 State health officials are reporting the first death from Eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts this year.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-health-officials-say-man-dies-from-infected-mosquito/feed/ 0 Getty Images Four More Cases Of West Nile Virus Reported In Massachusetts http://wbsm.com/four-more-cases-of-west-nile-virus-reported-in-massachusetts/ http://wbsm.com/four-more-cases-of-west-nile-virus-reported-in-massachusetts/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:49:25 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=12136 Four new cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Massachusetts. The Department of Public Health had said earlier the cases likely were the mosquito-borne illness.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/four-more-cases-of-west-nile-virus-reported-in-massachusetts/feed/ 0 Getty Images More West Nile Cases Reported In Massachusetts http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported-in-massachusetts/ http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported-in-massachusetts/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:30:30 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=11594 Massachusetts health officials say the state's fourth case of West Nile virus has been confirmed and there are six more probable cases.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/more-west-nile-cases-reported-in-massachusetts/feed/ 0 theseoduke More Mosquito Spraying In New Bedford http://wbsm.com/more-mosquito-spraying-in-new-bedford/ http://wbsm.com/more-mosquito-spraying-in-new-bedford/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:14:29 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=11561 Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus have turned up in New Bedford's South End, so officials plan to spray the entire peninsula early Friday morning.

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