Overview
- Health agencies reported positive mosquito pools in multiple jurisdictions this week, including Fort Bend County, TX; Travis County (zip 78733), TX; Davis County, UT; and Alhambra in the San Gabriel Valley, CA.
- Fort Bend County declared a public health emergency after its positive mosquito samples rose to 32 and completed aerial spraying before moving to repeated night-time ground treatments while nearby Harris and Montgomery counties confirmed human cases.
- Long Beach announced its first confirmed human neuroinvasive West Nile case and the patient is now recovering at home, highlighting that most infections are mild but severe neurological illness can occur.
- Officials are urging the public to follow simple prevention steps—drain standing water, limit outdoor time at dusk and dawn, wear long clothing, and use EPA‑registered repellents such as DEET or picaridin—to reduce bites and local mosquito breeding.
- Warm, wet spring weather has boosted mosquito populations and surveillance will continue through the summer months with more targeted testing and control actions possible as authorities monitor trap results and human reports.