The McLean County Health Department has reported an increase in West Nile Virus in the area, with four mosquito pools testing ...

Mosquitoes in Boone County have tested positive for West Nile Virus, and the Health Department recommends taking personal ...

Last year saw 69 cases across the state, including six in Lake County, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

BLOOMINGTON — A fourth mosquito pool in McLean County this year has tested positive for the presence of West Nile virus.  The ...

A Third human case of West Nile virus in Illinois has been reported, this time in DuPage County. The DuPage County Health ...

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 ...

An individual from southern Illinois was hospitalized due to complications from West Nile virus, the Illinois Department of ...

Overall, the CDC has received reports of 289 West Nile cases in 33 states for 2024; 195 of those cases have been neuroinvasive, in which the virus invades the brain and nervous system.

"Sadly, Illinois is reporting our first death of the year attributed to West Nile virus," Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Sameer Vohra said in a statement Tuesday.

The Boone County Health Department says routine testing shows mosquitos in Belvidere are positive for West Nile virus.

“Sadly, Illinois is reporting our first death of the year attributed to West Nile virus,” said Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the state health department, in a news release.

UNION COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes in another southern Illinois county.