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Aug 7, 2017: Collin County health officials have alerted the city of Frisco of the first human case of West Nile virus in the city this year. Source: Community Impact Newspaper

Friends of the Wissahickon, the park’s stewardship group, said there’s been an uptick in reports of the insects. Source: Philadelphia Magazine

Squirrels are known to carry diseases, including rabies, salmonella and even plague. Source: USA TODAY

Eight restaurants in Los Angeles were temporarily closed last week due to major public health hazards.Between July 23 and July 29, those facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach and rodent infestations and a lack of hot water Source: r20.rs6.net

A hairy tarantula frightened a woman in San Diego, as pest control has Seen a rise in creepy crawlers across the region. Source: NBC Southern California

A man in his 50’s was air-lifted to St. Mary’s hospital in Tucson after being attacked by a swarm of bees in Tubac. Source: KGUN

Five children were found infested with fleas, lice and bedbugs and sweating in the back of a U-haul… Source: palmbeachpost

University of Arkansas Extension offices in Clark and Hot Spring counties are pitting flies against fire ants in an attempt to mitigate the stinging insect’s population in southwest Arkansas.While experts believe fire ants have existed in Arkansas since th Source: KATV

Lyme disease rates across Pennsylvania have increased dramatically over the last several years according to data released from the state Department of Health. Source: PennLive.com

KISSING is unlikely to pass on the Zika virus, which is harmless for most people but can cause severe brain damage in unborn children, a study with monkeys showed Monday. Saliva, it concluded, was not a very effective carrier of the virus, which is known to spread through mosquito bites and sex. Source: r20.rs6.net