On the heels of a dire warning from the Center For Disease
Control, Nassau County Health Officials are urging residents to
take precautions after confirming the first human case of in
Nassau County this year. The Health Department has of West Nile
virus in a Nassau County resident. The woman, who is over age
70, lives in the Town of Oyster Bay. The unidentified woman
became ill with symptoms consistent with West Nile virus on July
27, was hospitalized, and is now recovering, county health
officials said. It is Long Island's second case of the summer: a
Suffolk resident was diagnosed with West Nile, health officials
said. West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne virus capable of
making people sick and Human West Nile Virus cases are on the
rise nationally, as well. The Center for Disease Control has
issues an alert, saying 693 cases of West Nile Virus disease
have been reported in people this year, including 26 deaths,
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