CHICAGO (CBS) — The Cook County Department of Public Health rates the current risk level for getting the West Nile virus as high.
This means what might start out as merely scratching an itch could become a serious medical issue.
” West Nile is a virus just like a cold is virus, or a flu is a virus. But this is a virus that is spread from mosquitoes; mosquito bites,” said Dr. Scott Goldstein, a pediatrician with Northwestern Children’s Practice. “Typically in the U.S. every year, I think there’s thousands of cases.”…