Northeast Georgia is reporting this year’s first case of West Nile virus. The Athens Banner-Herald reports a woman checked into an Athens hospital with the disease. It’s spread by infected mosquitoes. The disease is not always fatal when healthy people get it. However it’s dangerous to people older than 50.
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