Word: nile
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...Zinner: West Nile encephalitis looks a lot like any other encephalitis: Infection and inflammation in the brain leads to headache, fever, confusion, maybe seizures. In the worst cases, it can lead to coma or death...
Beach houses are boarded up, the ice cream truck is making its last rounds and Labor Day has come and gone, but even as we prepare for the fall, we're still dealing with the worst part of summer: West Nile virus...
...hospital. In Georgia, concerns are mounting over organ donations and blood bank supplies after four organ recipients were treated for symptoms of the virus. One of the recipients died from brain swelling associated with the disease. Overall, this has been a tough year as far as West Nile virus is concerned; when it first appeared during the summer of 1999, it was contained to New York City, Connecticut and New Jersey. Since then, cases have sprung up around the country, as far west as South Dakota and in southern states like Florida. This year, the CDC has confirmed more than...
...Does this new information mean we're back in the figurative woods? Should we all start hoping for an early frost and an end to mosquito season? As with many news stories, things on the West Nile front aren't nearly as bad as they may seem...
...TIME: It looks like West Nile virus is sticking around. How nervous should...