• The State has removed and limited information about doctors available online.
• The federal government has fined Sea World over the death of Dawn Brancheau, a trainer at the Orlando location earlier this year; Brancheau was a native of Northwest Indiana.
• An overnight traffic accident killed a taxi driver and left two others hurt.

In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one who has endured a feeding frenzy at the Pritzker Pavillion or any number of this summer’s street festivals, health officials are reporting this year’s mosquito problem as one of the worst in decades. The Tribune quotes Laura McGowan, spokeswoman for Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management of suburban Roselle as saying, "This is the worst mosquito outbreak in 20 years. The (mosquito) traps are catching three to four times the amount that's usually considered a nuisance." more ›

The swine flu frenzy is dying down just as summer rolls in and that means one thing: time to ramp up the West Nile coverage. Illinois gets the odious distinction of being the first state to have mosquitoes test positive for the virus in 2009. Overall, 44 people died from West Nile in 2008, one in Illinois; there were 20 reported cases in Illinois last year. The city has set aside $3 million for fighting West Nile this year. Check out the CDC's West Nile page for more information. more ›

Mosquito numbers in the Chicagoland area have spiked, making this city more bugtastic than ever. Like the gypsy moths, they too are loving our current weather conditions, so the skeeters have scooted our direction. more ›