West Nile, Orange County and mosquito
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The disease causes serious illnesses in about 1 in 150 infected people, and can prove fatal. No human cases have been reported in Pennsylvania or New Jersey this year.
West Nile virus has been detected in a goat in Lunenburg, becoming the first confirmed case in an animal in 2025 and raising the risk of infection across multiple Worcester County communities, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) said on Tuesday.