West Nile infection down this year... in Canada

 So far this year, West Nile has been a hit or miss for different regions. This is the first year of no Windsor, Ontario cases, while Los Angeles Country just reported their first human death September 12th...

Texas Gets 2nd Case of West Nile Virus

Texas gets its second case of West Nile Virus as it faces a particularly wet summer."Health officials are urging borderland residents to protect themselves against mosquitoes after the city's Department of Public...

Shock and Awe for Mosquitoes in Chicago

I remember when I was tree planting in northern Ontario in the early 90's we had some pretty toxic bug dope.  It used to melt our plastic hard hats and the pens we used would become oily and eroded.  We tried to avoid touching it.  It's pretty nasty...

Regina Man Dies of West Nile

REGINA (CP) - A Regina man has become the first person to die from West Nile virus in Saskatchewan this year, health officials confirmed Friday.

Street drains creating West Nile virus risk (Canada.com)

Sub-surface water poses "an equal or greater" public health risk than surface water when it comes to the West Nile Virus, a report to a Greater Vancouver Regional District committee has warned.

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