While the mosquitos were detected to have the virus, there have been no human infections in Worcester as of yet.

Bay State health officials are reporting the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in an animal this year, as people are ...

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 ...

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported on Thursday, July 24, that mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus ...

The city reported that it had discovered its first West Nile-positive mosquito for the 2025 season in early July. The Daily ...

It's early, but mosquitoes with West Nile virus have already been detected in Massachusetts. The Department of Public Health announced June 17 that mosquitos trapped in Shrewsbury tested positive ...

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 ...

West Nile virus was detected in a goat in Lunenburg, marking the first animal case in Massachusetts in 2025. Nearby towns are ...

West Nile Virus in Massachusetts mosquitos. The state health department said while everyone can catch West Nile, people over the age of 50 are at a higher risk for severe disease.

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 ...