Texas reports 1st West Nile disease case in 2022

DALLAS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The first 2022 case of West Nile disease in Texas has been reported in Dallas County, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday.The virus that causes the disease is transmitted through bites from infected mosquitoes, and only about 20% of people ever develop flu-like symptoms after being bitten, DSHS said.In less than 1% of people exposed to the virus, neuroinvasive disease develops, and DSHS officials said it developed in the state's first ca