West Baton Rouge detected its first mosquito of the season with West Nile virus, parish mosquito control announced Monday.

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) has detected West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes in 19 cities and towns so far in 2025.

In a disturbing reminder of how quickly viral epidemics come back into the picture, the West Nile Virus (WNV) has recently ...