West Nile Virus

According to health department officials, the resident was bitten by an infected mosquito in the northern Finger Lakes region.

Three Onondaga County residents have tested positive for West Nile Virus this summer.

An elderly man from the town of Cicero has gotten sick from a mosquito carrying West Nile Virus, and mosquitoes carrying the potentially deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis have also been detected.

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer says the CDC and EPA need to work with New York communities to fight mosquito-borne illnesses.

Onondaga County conducted aerial spraying over the Cicero Swamp on August 7, in an attempt to cut into a mosquito population that is carrying an expanding number of viruses in central New York.

In Oswego County, 22 samples of mosquitoes collected from the towns of West Monroe, Hastings, and Constantia this summer have tested positive for the…

This year’s mild fall is keeping the Onondaga County Health Department busy, as algal blooms in Skaneateles Lake and mosquito-borne illnesses are still…

The Oswego County Health Department says the aerial spraying this week to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases was successful in reducing the…

Oswego County is expected to be conduct aerial spraying Monday evening along the north shore of Oneida Lake, after Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West…

The state health department is prepared, if a case of the Zika virus develops in New York state. While officials want to be ready for the worst, they’re…