ELKHART COUNTY — The Elkhart County Health Department has renewed an earlier warning regarding the threat of mosquito borne illnesses. ECHD has received notice from the Indiana State Department of Health that one mosquito sample pool has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and four horses have tested positive for EEE in Elkhart County in …read more.

FORT WAYNE — The West Nile Virus is back in Allen County. Allen County Health Department officials reported they’ve found three positive samples in mosquitoes this Augus

A recent testing of mosquitoes has revealed that the West Nile virus has been found within Kosciusko County. According to Bob Weaver, director of the Kosciusko County Health Department, the State Health Department sets up traps every year in every county to monitor for mosquito transmitted viruses. This includes both West Nile and the more …read more.

NOBLE COUNTY — The Indiana State Department of Health today, Friday, Sept. 4, notified the Noble County Health Department that a sampling of mosquitoes in the Albion area tested positive for the West Nile Virus.

The first mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been documented by the Marion County Public Health Department. So far no human cases of the virus have been reported. The sample of mosquitoes that tested positive for the virus came from a surveillance trap located in Washington Township. Traps are currently located in areas throughout the …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana’s first human cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Hamilton and Marion counties, state health officials announced today. Hoosiers are encouraged to take steps to protect themselves from West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases. In addition to the two human cases, mosquito groups in 44 counties have now tested positive for …read more.