Mosquito samples collected in East Providence, Westerly and West Greenwich have tested positive for West Nile virus.

The risk for West Nile virus is high in 10 cities and towns in Massachusetts, including Boston, public health officials say.

Recent West Nile virus detections have led to higher risk levels in parts of Cape Cod and Massachusetts. Here's the latest.

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – West Nile Virus has increased this summer, making it difficult to spend time outside at night. Health ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health listed Acton, Bedford, Billerica, Boston, Brookline, Carlisle, Chelmsford, ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health raised the risk level for West Nile Virus to high in many communities, urging ...

The risk for West Nile virus is now considered "high" in 10 Massachusetts communities. See which cities and towns are on the ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has increased the West Nile Virus (WNV) risk level to moderate in Saugus based on the detection of two West Nile Virus-positive mosquitoes in the ...

It's early, but mosquitoes with West Nile virus have already been detected in Massachusetts. The Department of Public Health announced June 17 that mosquitos trapped in Shrewsbury tested positive ...

This is the third case of EEE in Massachusetts this year. Another man in his 70s was exposed to West Nile Virus in southern Middlesex County in an area already deemed high risk.

The virus is usually transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. While West Nile can infect people of all ages, those over the age of 50 are at higher risk for severe disease.

“There are large numbers of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus right now in parts of Massachusetts due to a nearly perfect combination of periodic rain and warm temperatures,” Acting Public ...