west nile virus

Residents in outlying areas of the county were urged to rid their properties of any standing water on their property since mosquitos need it to breed.

Thanks to a relatively mild winter and April’s above-normal rainfall, the pesky bugs are swarming the city early in high numbers.

A pool of mosquitoes collected by one of its monitoring stations in Northeast Bexar County has tested positive result for West Nile Virus.

Texas has reported the most cases nationwide of a mysterious polio-like illness in 2018.The Department of State Health Services said there were 27 cases…

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Bexar County increased its number of mosquito traps back in April due to Zika concerns. This week, the state health department found West Nile in a…

FORT WORTH — Buster Tuggle was atop his house, reaching into the long branches of a cottonwood with a trimmer, unaware of a water moccasin wrapped around…

DALLAS — A Harris County resident has contracted the first human case of the West Nile virus in Texas this year.Harris County Public Health &…