City health officials instructed Philadelphia medical providers to check patients for West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses and immediately report cases.

The first case of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes this year in Mercer County was reported Thursday. According to the Mercer County Conservation District, those positive mosquitoes were found in the Borough of Grove City,

Mosquito spraying operations will be conducted across Cumberland County next week after 15 new West Nile Virus samples were found. According to the county, the Vector Control Office is conducting mosquito spraying operations in parts of Carlisle Borough,