West Nile virus reaching a peak: 'Everybody needs to be concerned'

Julie Shepherd ended up in the hospital earlier this month after her neighbor found her on the floor of her West Covina home, unable to move.Shepherd, 84, was paralyzed and had lost the ability to speak. Doctors diagnosed her illness as West Nile virus.Humans contract the virus through a mosquito...
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