Suffolk County Department of Health Services

Suffolk County health officials said 11 mosquito samples collected earlier this month have tested positive for West Nile virus.

A new cyanobacteria bloom has been confirmed at Silver Brook Pond in Flanders, Suffolk County health officials said Monday.

A mosquito sample collected June 24 is Suffolk County's first to test positive for West Nile virus this year, health officials reported Thursday.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services is reporting that a racoon found in Manorville has tested positive for rabies.

The health department has lifted a Jan. 14 health advisory urging the public against recreating in the tidal waters of the Peconic, after water tests indicate the ares is suitable for primary contact recreation.

The county health department is urging people against contact with the tidal waters of the Peconic River after a pipe break at an East Main Street construction site caused the discharge of 10,000 gallons of untreated sewage into the river.

To date this season, 111 mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus. So far this season there have been no human cases of the virus reported.

Suffolk County’s vector control division will be applying pesticides today through Wednesday to control mosquito larvae in certain marshes across the county, including some in the Town of Riverhead, the Suffolk County Health Department announced in a press release issued this afternoon.

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works plans ground-spraying with Anvil at Indian Island Park early Thursday morning to control adult mosquitos there.

Suffolk County health officials are urging residents to take precautions against mosquito bites following a high count of mosquito samples testing positive for the West Nile virus this season.