West Nile Virus Is Killing The Beloved Loon In Minnesota
This is hopefully an isolated incident of a few loons in Minnesota that have died from the West Nile Virus.
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First Confirmed Case of West Nile Virus of 2012 Appears in St. Louis County
After an incredibly wet spring and subsequent heat wave, conditions are ripe for a bumper mosquito crop in 2012. This has health officials worried that there will be an uptick in mosquito-transmitted diseases like West Nile Virus. The first case of this virus has just popped up in St. Louis County, beginning what could be a busy season.