WESTERN U.S. DROUGHT INCREASES WEST NILE VIRUS
/Western U.S. suffering from drought - public health officials are warning residents of the region about an unexpected side effect of the dry weather: a greater likelihood of contracting West Nile virus. Officials from the California Department of Public Health confirmed that a 65-year-old woman in Nevada County, California, died from an infection with the mosquito-borne disease.
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