Three college students are spending their summer as interns with the Will County Health Department in Joliet to help test ...

The Lake County Health Department reported the first human case of West Nile virus in Lake County for the year. The infected resident is in their 70s and became sick in early July, health officials ...

Health officials in Lake County, Illinois, have confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) this year.

The case this year is the earliest detection in nearly a decade. The virus carried by mosquitoes poses the greatest risk to ...

A person in southern Illinois was hospitalized with West Nile virus It's the earliest case seen in the state since 2016 Older adults and people with weak immune systems have a higher risk of ...

The McLean County Health Department is reporting the first mosquito pool in the county to test positive for West Nile virus ...

Illinois has reported its first human case of West Nile virus as county health departments across the Chicago area issue warnings for residents.

SPRINGFIELD (WREX) — Illinois has reported its first human case of West Nile virus for 2025. Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) officials confirmed that a person from Southern Illinois ...

The McLean County Health Department's Environmental Health Division has confirmed the first mosquito pool in the county to ...