The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District (GLACVCD/District) is alerting residents to heightened West Nile virus (WNV) activity across Los Angeles County and reminding the public to take precautions against mosquito bites. West Nile Virus positive mosquito samples and dead birds have surpassed last year’s levels and are trending above the five-year average, while the Los Angeles County Department ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is reporting 100 cases of West Nile virus infections so far this year, marking the highest number of cases seen this early in the mosquito season in nearly a decade. With mosquito season still underway, the County is on track for one of its most severe West Nile virus seasons in recent ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) has confirmed the first local death due to West Nile virus for the 2025 mosquito season.  The person, a resident of San Fernando Valley, just to the south of Santa Clarita, was hospitalized and died from neurological illness caused by severe West Nile virus. “To the family and friends grieving the ...

As Los Angeles County and Santa Clarita residents welcome the arrival of spring and warmer weather, vector control districts across the state are gearing up for a different seasonal arrival—mosquitos. The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District (GLACVCD/District)  joins public health officials, agencies, and cities statewide to promote California Mosquito Awareness Week from April 13-19. This statewide campaign raises ...

This weekend, Los Angeles public health officials plan to hold a disease-outbreak exercise to encourage Los Angeles County residents to tip and toss stagnant water to prevent invasive mosquitoes. An exercise designed to prevent the outbreak of mosquito-spread diseases is scheduled for this Saturday by L.A. County public health officials. “This exercise is designed to increase public awareness of the ...

Los Angeles County has had its first West Nile Virus (WNV) death of 2021, weeks after a mosquito sample tested positive for the disease in Santa Clarita. Los Angeles County Public Health (Public Health) is urging residents to protect themselves from mosquitoes after confirming on Friday that a resident of eastern L.A. County died of WNV, just weeks after a ...

A mosquito sample has tested positive for the West Nile virus, (WNV) in Santa Clarita for the first time in at least a year and a half. A mosquito sample has tested positive for the West Nile virus, (WNV) in Santa Clarita for the first time in at least a year and a half. Information from the GLACVCD shows no ...

West Nile Virus was found in the San Fernando Valley, adding to another sighting earlier this year in Lancaster, both near Santa Clarita, officials said Monday.  Four mosquito samples from traps in the cities of Northridge, Reseda, Carson and Signal Hill  were confirmed to be carrying West Nile Virus (WNV), according to Los Angeles County officials. The Greater Los Angeles ...

Los Angeles County health officials confirmed the county’s first West Nile virus death of the year Wednesday, and are once again urging residents to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that the patient, a resident of the ...

Mosquitoes in Southern California areas were reported to contain the deadly West Nile Virus after samples were collected from areas within the San Fernando Valley over the weekend. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Neighboring cities to Santa Clarita Valley such as Bakersfield and Porter Ranch have cases where the parasites tested ...