Cases of the West Nile Virus are spiking, prompting the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a warning about the mosquito-born illness.
The CDC reports 241 cases of West Nile across the US.
About two-thirds of involve neuroinvasive disease, explains the CDC’s Stephanie Yendell.
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