West Nile Virus

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced it was raising the risk level for West Nile virus to moderate in every Massachusetts city and town.

Multiple communities in Bristol County contain mosquitoes that have tested positive for West Nile Virus.

The Mass Department of Public Health reports the finding of West Nile Virus in a mosquito sample obtained in the area of New Bedford's Oak Grove Cemetery,

Fairhaven residents should take extra precautions against mosquitoes, after West Nile Virus was detected in mosquitoes collected in a trap in town. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has reported that mosquitoes collected in one of its Fairhaven traps tested positive for West Nile Virus on July 6, Fairhaven Health Agent Patricia Fowle confirmed to WBSM News...

The West Nile Virus has been detected in Dartmouth.

Mayor Jon Mitchell's office announced on Wednesday that West Nile Virus was detected in a mosquito sample collected in the Washburn St. area of New Bedford.

West Nile has been detected in New Bedford.

(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...

BOSTON (AP) - The state health department says a Boston-area man in his 60s has died of West Nile virus.