Officials said a San Fernando Valley resident was hospitalized after being infected by the mosquito-borne disease and then died from neurological illness.

A person has died from West Nile virus in Los Angeles County, the first for the 2024 mosquito season, officials reported. Why it matters: The San Fernando Valley resident died after suffering from a neurological illness caused by a severe case of the mosquito-borne disease, the L.A. County Department of Public Health announced Thursday.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed the first death due to West Nile virus for the 2024 mosquito season in Los Angeles County. The patient, a […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is calling for greater international cooperation for vaccine development against mosquito-borne West Nile virus following what he described as a “harrowing experience” with infection this summer.

Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said he feared he would never “return to normal” after he contracted West Nile virus. Fauci, who served as the face of the Trump and Biden administration responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Anthony Fauci contracted the West Nile virus in August, and he reveals in a New York Times essay that it took a far greater toll on his health than previously disclosed: ・"I could not swing my legs over the side of the bed to sit up without help from my wife and three daughters,