Massachusetts’ public health agency has reported this year’s first human cases of the West Nile virus, a deadly disease that can be spread via mosquitoes, and is urging Americans to take precautions.
In a statement on Aug. 29, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that a male in his 40s was exposed to the West Nile virus in Middlesex County, a region that was already known to be at moderate risk.
