February 20, 2003	Department Provides Final Update on West  Nile Virus
December 18, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus One Confirmed Case Each in Ashley and Bradley Counties;
December 10, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus One Confirmed Case Each in Drew and Pulaski Counties; One Suspect Case of West Nile Virus in Pulaski County
November 18, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Two Confirmed Cases in Pulaski County; One Confirmed Death from West Nile Virus in Union County
November 14, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Human Case Confirmed; NO Positive Birds in Fulton County (Correction)
November 14, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Human Case Confirmed; Fulton County Positive for Birds
November 4, 2002	Health Department Suspends Surveillance of West Nile Virus for 2002 Season
October 30, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Health Department Adds 1 Suspect Case for Sebastian County
October 22, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus CDC Reports 1 Confirmed Case, 1 Negative Case; ADH Adds 2 Suspect Cases
October 15, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus 8 Suspect Cases Confirmed, 1 Tests Negative, CDC Reports; 5 Counties Added for Positive Birds
October 8, 2002	Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Ashley, Bradley, Independence & Lawrence Counties Have New Suspect Human Cases
September 30, 2002	Department Provides Update on  West Nile Virus Drew & Pulaski Counties Have New Suspect Human Cases; 5 Counties Added for Positive Birds
September 24, 2002	ADH Provides Update on West Nile Virus
September 16, 2002	ADH Provides Update on West Nile Virus
September 9, 2002	ADH Provides Update on West Nile Virus
August 30, 2002	ADH Reports 6 Additional Suspect Human Cases for West Nile Virus Birds from Hempstead & Pope Counties Test Positive for Virus
August 29, 2002	CDC Confirms Two More Human Cases of West Nile Virus; Department of Health & Human Services Issues $398,397 Grant to Arkansas
August 28, 2002	CDC Confirms First Human Case of West Nile Virus; Two Additional Suspect Cases Identified
August 28, 2002	Funds Released to All 75 Counties for Mosquito Abatement
August 26, 2002	ADH Learns of Private Lab Results on West Nile Virus for Crittenden County, Requests Sample for Additional Testing
August 22, 2002	DH Reports 37 Additional Birds Positive for West Nile Virus; Hot Spring, Lawrence, Madison, Perry and Prairie Bring Total Counties Affected to 40
August 20, 2002	ADH Reports 3 Additional Suspect Human Cases of West Nile Virus
August 17, 2002	ADH Reports 4 More Suspect Human Cases of West Nile Virus
August 16, 2002	ADH Reports 1 Suspect Human Case of West Nile Virus; Agency Applauds Jefferson County for Grassroots Clean-up Effort
August 16, 2002	ADH Reports 12 Additional Birds Positive for West Nile Virus; Desha, Drew, Howard and Monroe Bring Total Counties Affected to 32
August 15, 2002	ADH Reports 10 Additional Birds Positive for West Nile Virus; Bradley, Clay, Dallas and White Bring Total Counties Affected to 28
August 13, 2002	CDC Provides Epidemiologic Assistance to Health Department for West Nile Virus
August 12, 2002	All Counties Eligible to Apply for Assistance For Mosquito Larvae Abatement to Control West Nile Virus
August 10, 2002	2 Human Blood Samples Suspected of West Nile Virus
August 9, 2002	CDC Says Human Blood Sample Negative for West Nile Virus; Ashley and Faulkner Counties Added to List for Infected Birds
August 8, 2002	Information About Dead Birds Submitted to the Health Department; Are Pets At Risk For West Nile Virus?
August 7, 2002	State of Arkansas to Spend $1 Million in Emergency Money for West Nile Virus Protection
August 6, 2002	ADH Explains Process for Handling Dead Birds, Issues Precautions Against Viruses
August 5, 2002	ADH and Livestock & Poultry Commission Submit Human Blood Sample and Bird Samples to CDC for Confirmatory Testing for West Nile Virus
July 12 , 2002	Health Department Reports Dead Blue Jay from St. Francis County Tests Positive for West Nile Virus – No Human Cases in Arkansas