Northern California is seeing a significant uptick in West Nile Virus cases.

While many who get infected won't see symptoms, the disease has killed 5-people so far and been detected in 40 counties this year, accounting for 6 deaths so far.

To answer your questions and more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Nirbhay Kumar, Global Health Professor at the Milken Institute of Public Health at George Washington University.

Northern California is seeing a significant uptick in West Nile Virus cases.
While many who get infected won't see symptoms, the disease has killed 5-people so far and been detected in 40 counties this year, accounting for 6 deaths so far.
To answer your questions and more, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Nirbhay Kumar, Global Health Professor at the Milken Institute of Public Health at George Washington University.

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