POLK COUNTY, Iowa — Iowa Health and Human Services announced the first human West Nile case in Iowa Thursday afternoon. The ...

ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. NEW AT 5:00, THE FIRST HUMAN CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS CONFIRMED IN IOWA. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE MAN, WHO LIVES IN AUDUBON% COUNTY, HAS RECOVERED.

How to limit the spread of West Nile Mosquitoes thrive in the warm, wet weather of Iowa summers and can carry several diseases. Several measures can be taken to reduce local mosquito populations ...

Cases of West Nile virus in Iowa last spiked in 2018, when 104 Iowans contracted the virus, severely sickening 73 and killing three. Since then, case numbers have been in the single digits ...

This marks the first positive surveillance test since 2023, though no infections have been reported in Johnson County.