Each summer, the ancient negotiation between human settlement and the natural world reasserts itself — this year, in Massachusetts, through the quiet spread of West Nile Virus across the state's mosquito populations. Eight residents have now tested positive this season, the latest a woman in her 30s, as infected mosquitoes are detected from Lexington to Newton and beyond. Public health officials watch carefully, knowing that the virus moves not between people but through the landscape itself, carried on wings too small to see.
Massachusetts Reports 8th West Nile Virus Case as Mosquito Activity Surges
A woman in her 30s has tested positive for West Nile Virus, one of eight confirmed human cases in Massachusetts this season.