Free mosquito repellent available to low-income senior citizens in Dallas County
As the mosquito-borne West Nile virus makes its return to North Texas this spring, free insect repellent is being offered to low-income senior citizens in Dallas County. Distribution of 2,000 cans of...
View ArticleDallas County lauds health staffers’ efforts during nation’s worst West Nile...
Dallas County was hit with the worst West Nile outbreak in the nation last year, according to the final national tally released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Still, Dallas...
View ArticleWest Nile season becomes a guessing game for Dallas County mosquito trackers
Despite its early appearance this year in infected mosquitoes in Richardson and Highland Park, the West Nile virus has been undetectable here for nearly six weeks. Based on earlier outbreaks, human...
View ArticleMosquitoes being sprayed in Dallas County before they test positive for West...
Last year’s record West Nile outbreak has made Dallas area health officials especially wary of mosquitoes capable of carrying the sometimes-deadly virus. For the first time, ground spraying of...
View ArticleGood news on the West Nile front: No virus in the local blood supply — yet
When West Nile swept into North Texas last summer, the first sign of trouble showed up in the local blood supply. On June 5, 2012, a local blood donor tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus. It...
View ArticleWest Nile update: Infected mosquitoes in Dallas County but no human cases
Zachary Thompson was trying to say something positive about West Nile at his weekly briefing Tuesday for Dallas County commissioners. By this time last year, 103 mosquito traps had tested positive for...
View ArticleDallas County announces fourth West Nile case Monday, involving Oak Cliff man
Dallas County Health and Human Services announced Monday the fourth West Nile human infection of the season. The victim was a man over 60 who lives in ZIP code 75224 in central Oak Cliff, an area that...
View ArticleMore mosquitoes in Dallas County test positive for West Nile virus
Almost daily, a new mosquito pool in Dallas County is testing positive for the West Nile virus. On Monday, the first ZIP code in the city of Dallas (75230) had positive mosquitoes, followed by a...
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