{"id":284517,"date":"2025-10-07T18:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/284517\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T18:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:17:10","slug":"dallas-county-reports-first-west-nile-virus-death-of-the-year-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/284517\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas County reports first West Nile virus death of the year \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) reported the first West Nile virus death of the year on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The resident was a man in their 70s with underlying medical conditions and diagnosed with the more serious neuroinvasive form of the disease known as West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND).<\/p>\n<p>Additional information will not be released to protect the identity of the resident, according to DCHHS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very saddened to report our first confirmed WNV death this season,\u201d said Dr. Philip Huang, Director of DCHHS. \u201cCooler temperatures are coming, but mosquitoes are still a threat. We urge everyone to continue to do everything they can to avoid mosquito bites and keep safe from WNV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DCHHS recommends practicing the four Ds:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DEET: Whenever outside, use insect repellents that have the active ingredient DEET or other EPA-registered repellents, and always follow label instructions.<\/li>\n<li>DRESS: Wear long, loose, and light-colored clothing outside.<\/li>\n<li>DRAIN: Drain or treat all standing water in and around your home or workplace where mosquitoes could lay eggs.<\/li>\n<li>DUSK to DAWN: Limit your time outdoors from dusk to dawn when mosquitoes are most active.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To date, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/national-international\/west-nile-virus-cases-this-year-health-warnings\/3917117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DCHHS has found a total of 245 positive traps within Dallas County<\/a> and reported eight human WNV cases. Monitoring for the virus runs from April through mid-November.<\/p>\n<p>More i<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/dchhs\/data-reports\/arbovirus-surveillance.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">nformation can be found online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) reported the first West Nile virus death of the year on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":284518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,7290,210,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-284517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-county","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115334259927695918","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}