west nile virus

Concern about an increase in mosquito activity and a potential public health threat will prompt an unscheduled spraying of insecticide in part of Abingdon Tuesday evening.

Memphis-based Terminix ranked the cities based on the number of mosquito services per city between July 1, 2017 and July 1, 2018.

By Catherine Rentz

Aug 20, 2018

Maryland's mosquito population is two to three times larger than usual this year, and a colony in Linthicum Heights tested positive for West Nile virus.

By Sarah Meehan

Aug 10, 2018

Some believe it’s just a matter of time before we see pot for sale for personal use. With that as a backdrop, how do parents start the conversation?

By Dan Rodricks

Aug 3, 2018

The Maryland Department of Health said the Monday that the state has seen its first case of the mosquito-borne disease West Nile Virus.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jul 23, 2018

Frequent rain and flooding in May and June have helped mosquito populations multiply across Maryland — to three times their normal early summer numbers. The state has increased spraying to limit the public health threat and nuisance.

By Scott Dance

Jul 5, 2018

Harford County has been free – so far – this summer from major health crises based on environmental factors, but the case of two men who died in July in separate incidents, tragedies can be the result of simple, everyday encounters with creatures or the elements.

By David Anderson

Sep 14, 2016

Steve Allgeier is a vampire hunter, although his prey and the tools of his trade are a bit different than the prototypical fictional slayer.

The Maryland state veterinarian encourages people to make sure their horses are vaccinated against viruses spread by mosquitoes.

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will begin testing a Zika vaccine in humans before the end of the year as part of an aggressive effort to curtail the virus blamed for a devastating birth defect

By Meredith Cohn

Aug 4, 2016

Monday marks the beginning of Zika Awareness Week as proclaimed by Gov. Larry Hogan, and state and local health officials are reaching out to inform the public about the risks of Zika , as well as simple actions to mitigate those risks.

The rare tropical disease spreading rapidly in Latin American and the Caribbean that authorities suspect is linked to a devastating birth defect is raising alarms in other countries including the United States.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 28, 2016

Although the Laurel city mosquito abatement program concluded its sprayings on Sunday, the Maryland Department of Agriculture is working with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to investigate the death of a 94-year-old Laurel woman on Sept. 8 after her daughter confirmed she was a victim of the West Nile virus.

By Andrew Michaels

Sep 21, 2015

Follow-up on Ebola, with Dr. Robert Gallo and president of the Baltimore-based Global Virus Network

By Dan Rodricks

Nov 1, 2014

Marylanders are urged to be wary of mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile Virus, and now, chikungunya after that virus was reported in a Florida man, according to the CDC.

State health officials are weighing new safeguards for research laboratories and biotechnology companies that handle potentially deadly infectious pathogens, but whether they will impose any remains a question because they don't know how big a threat there is.

In light of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's reports Friday of the first three confirmed cases of symptomatic West Nile virus this year, Harford County Health Department is recommending resident take measures to prevent infection and reduce risk

Three Baltimore adults have been confirmed as the first cases of West Nile virus this season

Delayed by rain, West Nile spraying proceeds in Baltimore County; people, pets advised to stay indoors

Baltimore County is conducting mosquito sprayings this week in Catonsville and next week in Pikesville in the wake of two human cases of West Nile Virus.

Spraying to control West Nile Virus in mosquitoes rescheduled for next week

Pikesville and Catonsville are the next area locations to be sprayed for mosquitoes in response to cases of West Nile Virus, Baltimore County Department of Health officials said Friday.

A second person in Maryland has died from West Nile viruses in what is one of the country's worst seasons for the disease.

State officials telling people to take precautions as country faces worst season of West Nile virus since it was first detected in 1999

Delaware and District of Columbia health officials are reporting their first West Nile virus deaths.

A fatal West Nile virus case reported recently in Maryland is prompting the Harford County Health Department to ask residents to take precautions against contracting the potentially fatal disease, which is carried by mosquitoes from infected birds to humans.

Maryland health officials are reporting the state's first death from the West Nile virus.

Six Queen Anne's County residents have been diagnosed with a strain of swine flu that has been infecting people across the country, including many who have been attending state and local agricultural fairs, according to state health officials.

Second person in Maryland diagnosed with West Nile virus

An unusually large number of people have come down with the respiratory disease whooping cough this year around the nation, and in Maryland, prompting public health officials to issue warnings about booster shots for adults and children.

An adult in central Maryland has been diagnosed with the first case of West Nile Virus