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Between Aug. 27 and Sept. 2, these facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach infestations, according to the L.A. County Public Health Department. Source: Daily News

A letter about the discovery was sent home with some third-graders. Source: lehighvalleylive.com

West Nile virus infections continue in Mississippi, with new human cases raising the total for this year to 47, exceeding the 2016 total of 43. Source: LOCALMEMPHIS

“Livestock have been killed by these things.’ Source: Inverse

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA ceased its development of a Zika virus vaccine candidate in response to funding cuts by the US government. Source: CNN

Milder winters allow rats to have more litters, and their population explosion could help spread diseases such as E. coli and bubonic plague. Source: Healthline

Some parents are upset that they weren’t informed about a bat problem inside a Chester County elementary school. Source: WSOC

The Peninsula Health District is notifying residents that a raccoon captured in Poquoson has tested positive for rabies. Source: WTKR.com

The unvaccinated 5-year-old mare from Cumberland County died Aug. 28. Source: TheHorse.com

Georgia has Seen an increase in West Nile Virus cases in new information released by the Georgia Department of Public Health.Public Health officials say that so far there have been nearly twenty human cases of West Nile compared to seven in 2016. Source: WFXL