Fresno County is among nine counties in California reporting West Nile virus activity in 2026, with cases detected through infected mosquitoes and dead birds, officials said.
As the weather warms, mosquitoes are again buzzing across Central California, potentially carrying deadly viruses.
The first person in New York state to be diagnosed with eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in nearly a decade has died, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced Monday.
Health officials warned that the Los Angeles area is seeing more dengue fever cases in people who have not traveled outside the U.S. mainland, a year after the first such case was reported in California.
Health officials are reporting at least eighteen deaths from West Nile virus in the U.S. this year, with three recent deaths recorded in Wisconsin and Illinois. There have been six cases of EEE, including one person who died after testing positive for the virus, as well as dengue cases recorded in several states.
The patient is a woman in her 30s who was exposed in the area of Plymouth County, in the southeastern part of the state.