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Public health officials are concerned about mounting cases of mosquito-borne dengue virus in Baldwin Park and the potential for its continued spread.
Climate & Environment
An independent Stanford research detected bird flu virus in a retail sample of Fresno-based Raw Farm milk.
Public health officials maintain the risk of H5N1 bird flu infection remains low. They are searching for the source.
Enterovirus D68, which in rare cases can cause polio-like paralysis in children, is on the rise in California and across the nation, analyses show.
Two more cases of the mosquito-borne dengue virus are confirmed in Baldwin Park, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The dengue infection is California’s third-ever confirmed case of locally transmitted dengue that is not related to travel.
A San Fernando Valley resident is the first person in L.A. County to die this year from West Nile virus, a mosquito-transmitted illness that can cause lethal inflammation in the brain.
Climate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California — threatening to turn more of those annoying-but-harmless bites into severe illnesses, experts say.
The first reported mosquito-related death in Contra Costa County, as well as reports of West Nile in L.A. County, are a reminder to protect your home from mosquitos.
Los Angeles County has detected mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus for the first time this year.