Bay State health officials are reporting the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in an animal this year, as people are urged to take precautions against mosquito bites. A goat was recently exposed to the virus in Lunenburg in Worcester County, the Department of Public Health announced on Tuesday.

The city reported that it had discovered its first West Nile-positive mosquito for the 2025 season in early July. The Daily Camera reported the news, saying that while West Nile virus season was starting early in Colorado's Front Range, experts weren't certain that this would translate into a heavy season for infections.

Two additional cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in humans in Massachusetts, as public health officials raise the risk level in 9 more cities and town.. So far this summer, there have ...

Between 2011 and 2020, 148 people were reported as having been infected with West Nile Virus in Massachusetts, according to the state health department.Seven of those people, or 4.7%, died of the ...

West Nile virus is usually transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In 2023, there were six human cases of West Nile virus and no animal cases that year.

In 2022, there were eight human cases of the West Nile virus infection identified in Massachusetts, with the first being announced on August 25. The first case of 2021 came on September 1.

The risk for contracting West Nile Virus in Massachusetts is still low, according to the state, but more mosquito populations are testing positive. According to Massachusetts Department of Health ...