Alabama's first 2025 case of West Nile virus has been reported by the state department of public health as mosquito season ramps up.

The ADPH has also reported a case of Dengue Fever and a case of Malaria acquired by residents who traveled out of state.

"The increase of global travel has brought diseases once uncommon or unheard of in the United States to our shores," the ADPH release reads.

"Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses such as the Zika Virus, Chikungunya, Dengue Fever and West Nile Virus have become more commonplace in recent years."

These diseases have symptoms ranging from none at all (8 out of 10 infected with West Nile virus do not develop any symptoms) to very serious and possibly fatal, less commonly.

In another release, the department says that "mosquitoes can be muc

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