http://www.keyetv.com RSS feed for stories from the "West Nile Virus" section of KEYE. en-us Copyright 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group Tue, Mar 19 2013, 02:29 PM CDT Tue, Mar 19 2013, 02:29 PM CDT SBG WCM - Story Module http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/2-more-west-nile-deaths-confirmed-travis-county-42.shtml?wap=0 Two more Travis County residents have died from West Nile Virus, according to county health officials.

Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services confirmed the death from West Nile Neuroinvasive disease on Tuesday afternoon.

They are not releasing detailed information about the people who died, only that they had matched the Centers of Disease Control profile for those at highest risk of severe illness -- over 50 years of age with underlying health conditions. ...]]> Tue, Nov 13 2012, 03:17 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/2-more-west-nile-deaths-confirmed-travis-county-42.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/texas-state-fair-operators-hoping-keep-west-nile-away-41.shtml?wap=0 With just five days until the State Fair in Dallas opens, preparations are underway to keep visitors safe from the West Nile Virus.

Since Dallas is at the center of the West Nile outbreak, preparations have gone beyond just the obvious. Fair grounds were sprayed with an extra dose of pesticides this year. ...]]> Mon, Sep 24 2012, 05:08 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/texas-state-fair-operators-hoping-keep-west-nile-away-41.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/central-texas-man-cant-walk-after-west-nile-infection-40.shtml?wap=0 It's a virus with no cure and no known treatment -- West Nile.

A month ago, John Schexnayder was healthy and active -- running a successful business and keeping up with projects at home -- like cleaning the family pool, which is exactly what he was doing when a mosquito bit his cheek and changed his life. ...]]> Mon, Sep 24 2012, 03:44 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/central-texas-man-cant-walk-after-west-nile-infection-40.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/should-you-worried-west-nile-39.shtml?wap=0 The latest West Nile count in Austin and Travis County:  78 batches of mosquitoes in 20 different zip codes have been identified as West Nile carriers. 18 human cases have been reported, including one fatality.

A rash of recent cases here and in North Texas has created something of a public health scare. ...]]> Thu, Sep 20 2012, 10:21 AM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/should-you-worried-west-nile-39.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/north-texan-at-least-55th-texas-west-nile-death-38.shtml?wap=0 (AP) -- A suburban Dallas county has reported its fourth West Nile-related death and at least the 55th reported in Texas.

A Plano health department statement says a Plano resident is the Dallas suburb's second West Nile death. Collin County officials say the death is the fourth in the county, all of whom have been older than 80 years old and with other medical problems. ...]]> Wed, Sep 19 2012, 09:24 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/north-texan-at-least-55th-texas-west-nile-death-38.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/el-paso-woman-at-least-54th-texas-west-nile-death-37.shtml?wap=0 (AP) -- A 67-year-old woman has become the third El Paso resident to die of West Nile virus, bringing the virus death toll in Texas to at least 54 this year.

Interim El Paso Public Health Director Bruce Parsons says the woman lived on the city's east side and had other health problems. ...]]> Tue, Sep 18 2012, 09:19 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/el-paso-woman-at-least-54th-texas-west-nile-death-37.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/health-officials-expect-fewer-cases-west-nile-after-rains-36.shtml?wap=0 Wondering if the weekend rain will add to the mosquito problem and worsen the West Nile outbreak?

Experts tell us the wet weather will likely improve the mosquito situation in central Texas.

“Actually with the rains it may have helped us some. ...]]> Mon, Sep 17 2012, 09:54 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/health-officials-expect-fewer-cases-west-nile-after-rains-36.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/another-west-nile-death-reported-north-texas-35.shtml?wap=0 (AP) -- Another North Texan has died of West Nile virus, bringing the North Texas West Nile death toll to at least 27 and the Texas toll to at least 51.

A Tarrant County Public Health statement Wednesday described the victim as a Hurst man in his late 70s with multiple underlying medical conditions. ...]]> Wed, Sep 12 2012, 07:48 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/another-west-nile-death-reported-north-texas-35.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/cdc-nation-track-deadliest-west-nile-year-34.shtml?wap=0 (AP) -- Health officials say they're convinced this will be the worst year for West Nile virus deaths and severe illnesses since the disease hit America's shores in 1999.

Officials on Wednesday said so far 1,405 serious illnesses and 118 deaths have been reported across the country, the bulk of them in Texas. ...]]> Wed, Sep 12 2012, 07:48 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/cdc-nation-track-deadliest-west-nile-year-34.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/2-more-west-nile-deaths-reported-north-texas-33.shtml?wap=0 (AP) -- Two more West Nile virus deaths have been reported in North Texas.

Health officials said Tuesday that a Fort Worth man in his late 70s with underlying medical conditions is the sixth death related to the virus in Tarrant County this year. ...]]> Tue, Sep 11 2012, 06:19 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/2-more-west-nile-deaths-reported-north-texas-33.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/different-approaches-handling-west-nile-threat-central-texas-32.shtml?wap=0 Sun, Sep 09 2012, 09:18 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/different-approaches-handling-west-nile-threat-central-texas-32.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/special-west-nile-broadcast-31.shtml?wap=0 Fri, Sep 07 2012, 06:28 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/special-west-nile-broadcast-31.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/georgetown-spraying-pesticide-keep-mosquitoes-at-bay-30.shtml?wap=0 Several weeks ago, hard-hit Dallas County began aerial pesticide spraying following more than a dozen West Nile related deaths in the area. We went looking to see if any Central Texas communities were considering that drastic step to keep residents safe. ...]]> Fri, Sep 07 2012, 05:23 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/georgetown-spraying-pesticide-keep-mosquitoes-at-bay-30.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/3rd-west-nile-death-confirmed-travis-county-29.shtml?wap=0 A third Travis County resident has died from West Nile Virus, according to county health officials.

Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services confirmed the death from West Nile Neuroinvasive disease on Friday.

It is not releasing information about the person who died other than he or she had been hospitalized for over 2 weeks and was more than 50 years old, which matches the Centers of Disease Control profile for those at highest risk of severe illness. ...]]> Fri, Sep 07 2012, 04:29 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/3rd-west-nile-death-confirmed-travis-county-29.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/questions-remain-austin-west-nile-spraying-28.shtml?wap=0 When it comes to spraying in Austin, there’s still a lot up in the air. Spraying in the city to fight West Nile Virus: Is Austin going to do it? And if so, at what point?  How bad does it have to get for spraying to start?

We got the medical director health authority’s voicemail, so we went to see him ourselves. ...]]> Fri, Sep 07 2012, 03:45 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/questions-remain-austin-west-nile-spraying-28.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/west-nile-found-across-austin-27.shtml?wap=0 As of Thursday, West Nile Virus has now been found in mosquitoes in 28 ZIP codes in Travis County. Since May, nearly one in four of the county’s mosquito pools have tested positive, the highest number since surveillance activity started nearly a decade ago. ...]]> Fri, Sep 07 2012, 12:56 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/west-nile-found-across-austin-27.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/advice-clearing-mosquitoes-avoiding-west-nile-virus-26.shtml?wap=0 West Nile virus is causing a stir this season, and up in Dallas aerial spraying has begun to help reduce the spread of it.

More serious illnesses from West Nile virus have been reported so far this year than any since 2004. And most have been in Texas. ...]]> Fri, Sep 07 2012, 12:56 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/advice-clearing-mosquitoes-avoiding-west-nile-virus-26.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/mosquito-relief-central-texas-still-months-away-25.shtml?wap=0 As West Nile Virus continues to spread across Texas, so do concerns over when mosquito season will come to an end. Unfortunately, the cooler temperatures needed to stop mosquitoes from breeding and biting, sometimes arrives late in Central Texas. 

According to entomologists, the Southern House Mosquito is the main vector for West Nile in our area, meaning it is the one primarily responsible for spreading the virus. ...]]> Fri, Sep 07 2012, 12:56 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/mosquito-relief-central-texas-still-months-away-25.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/breaking-down-west-nile-virus-risk-24.shtml?wap=0 Texas is setting a new record, but not the kind of record the Lone Star State would like to be setting. So far, 2012 has been the worst year ever for West Nile Virus.

Texas continues setting records for its worst year ever for West Nile Virus, with the death of a 77-year-old El Paso man bringing the total up to 44, nearly half of the nation’s West Nile Virus deaths. ...]]> Fri, Sep 07 2012, 12:55 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/breaking-down-west-nile-virus-risk-24.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/el-paso-reports-west-nile-death-tx-death-toll-climbs-44-23.shtml?wap=0 (AP) -- A West Texas city has reported its first West Nile virus death of the year to push the statewide fatality count to at least 44.

The City of El Paso Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed a 77-year-old man had died of the West Nile virus. ...]]> Fri, Sep 07 2012, 12:55 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/west-nile/stories/el-paso-reports-west-nile-death-tx-death-toll-climbs-44-23.shtml?wap=0