Across twelve European nations this summer, West Nile virus has quietly crossed thresholds it had never before reached, surfacing in ninety-nine regions and touching communities with no prior experience of the disease. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, watching from Stockholm, has named this expansion a warning — not merely of one virus, but of a continent whose relationship with mosquitoes is fundamentally changing. With no vaccine, no cure, and an invasive species doubling its footprint over a single decade, Europe finds itself navigating a slow-moving ecological shift
West Nile virus spreads across 12 European countries as health agencies urge mosquito control
West Nile virus infections across 12 European countries have resulted in severe neurological complications including encephalitis and meningitis in extreme cases.