West Nile

Idaho ranks 5th in the states with the least mosquitos. There are fewer opportunities for them to flourish here, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. West Nile Virus is a constant companion to the mosquito in our region.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Ten cases of the West Nile virus have been confirmed in horses in eastern Washington state and northern Idaho, and at least four of the animals have died.

With the Summer Games going on in Brazil and a few cases of mosquito carried diseases in Idaho, a lot of people are worried about mosquito bites. I'm one of those.

The mosquito-born West Nile Virus has been positively identified in Twin Falls County, in between Twin Falls and Kimberly.

2nd Idaho woman infected with West Nile virus BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two women in Idaho have been infected with the mosquito-borne illness West Nile virus, marking the first confirmed human cases within days of each other in Idaho this year...

Blaine County, Idaho (KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV) - The first confirmed human case of West Nile Virus in south central Idaho has been reported.

STAR (KTVB) -- A mosquito trap in northwest Ada County near Star tested positive this week, according to the Ada County Weed, Pest & Mosquito Abatement Department.

TWIN FALLS -- For the first time this year someone in Idaho has come down with West Nile fever. The Department of Health and Welfare says a woman in her 40s from Twin Falls County tested positive for the virus, and became ill shortly after traveling to Valley County...