West Nile Virus

BOSTON (AP) _ The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says a Middlesex County man is the first person to contract West Nile virus in Massachusetts this year. The agency says the unidentified man in his 40s was diagnosed following testing that was completed Thursday...

West Nile Virus has been detected in Fall River.

New Bedford parks will once again be the subject of targeted ground spraying conducted by the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project. Spraying for mosquitoes will begin early Thursday morning, from 2am to sunrise, around the City's parks, including Buttonwood, Brooklawn, Fort Taber, Hazelwood, Riverside, Clasky, Ashley Park and the Poor Farm area...

New Bedford's parks will be the target of ground spraying by the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project. The spraying will take place early Thursday morning, between 2am and sunrise at Buttonwood Park, Brooklawn Park, Fort Tabor, Hazelwood Park, Riverside Park, Clasky Park, Ashley Park and the Poor Farm area, weather permitting...

The Massachusetts Department of Health says the state has confirmed its second human case of West Nile virus this year. Officials said Wednesday the case, like the first one, is from Middlesex County. The new case is a woman in her 40s who was hospitalized but has been released and is recovering...

Massachusetts health officials are reporting the state's first human case of West Nile Virus this year. The patient is described only as a man in his 60s who lives in Middlesex County. Officials say the man remains hospitalized, but is recovering...

The Bristol County Mosquito Control Project will conduct targeted ground spraying early on the morning of Thursday, August 21, 2014.  This round of spraying will target the areas of Fort Taber, Brooklawn Park, Buttonwood Park, Hazelwood Park, Riverside Park, the Poor Farm Area, Clasky Common Park, Ashley Park, Ben Rose Field and Industrial Park...

Though the temperatures are beginning to cool, mosquitoes are still buzzing around.

Massachusetts health officials say they have confirmed the first case of West Nile virus in the state this season.       The health department said Monday that a Plymouth County man in his 70s has the mosquito-borne illness and is recovering in a hospital...

Rehoboth, Easton, Dighton, and Mansfield are the latest Bristol County communities where EEE positive mosquitoes have been found. The Bristol County Mosquito Control Project trapped the eight infected mosquitoes within the past week. Control Project Superintendent Jennifer Dacey tells WBSM's Mid-Day live the symptoms of EEE can start out just like a cold or flu...