Kern County confirms first human case of West Nile virus this year. Health officials urge precautions against mosquito bites ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in the county this year, prompting health officials to remind residents about prevention ...

Dr. Shikha Mishra with Kern Medical discusses West Nile virus following the first diagnosed case in Kern County this year.

The Kern County Public Health Department confirmed that Kern County has reported its first case of West Nile virus in 2025.

Kern County's first case of West Nile virus in a person this year was detected recently, the Kern County Public Health Services Department said Friday.

West Nile virus was first isolated from a patient from the West Nile district of northern Uganda, in Africa, in 1937. It came to the United States in 1999, and ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County health officials are reminding residents to protect themselves from mosquito-borne disease after a mosquito carrying West Nile virus was detected in the ...

Los Angeles County has detected mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus for the first time this year. The mosquitoes were recovered from a trap in the Winnetka neighborhood of the San Fernando ...

The Kern County Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in Kern County for the 2025 ...

Kern County’s first human case of the year of mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus has been confirmed, Kern County Public Health Services said Friday. The department did not say where the person lived ...