West Nile virus claims more lives
This year's West Nile virus has shown up earlier and is infecting more humans, horses and mosquitoes earlier than last year, Vector Control officials have said. So far, four people have died.
In the Central Valley, the situation has become so bad that airplanes are dropping pesticides over Sacramento County, according the Bee.
Here's a part of the story:
The state's fourth West Nile virus-related death this year was announced hours before airplanes dropped another batch of pesticides Tuesday evening over urban areas of Sacramento County to kill infected mosquitoes.An elderly San Joaquin County man died due to complications from West Nile virus, making him the fourth fatality in the state in 2007, according to a California Department of Public Health news release issued Tuesday.
State officials confirmed Monday that a Colusa County woman had died after contracting the virus.