{"id":417931,"date":"2026-10-03T19:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417931\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:14:14","slug":"mosquito-warnings-in-martin-county-after-west-nile-virus-is-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417931\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosquito Warnings In Martin County After West Nile Virus Is Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re in a rainy pattern which can lead to a mosquito infestation. <\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department of Health is reminding residents to take steps to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes after West Nile virus has been confirmed in Martin County.  <\/p>\n<p>Health officials say several sentinel chickens have tested positive for the mosquito-borne illness that can cause fever, chills. sweats, headaches and intestinal issues.  <\/p>\n<p>Homeowners are urged to drain any standing water on their property and to wear mosquito repellent while outdoors in the hours of dusk to dawn.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re in a rainy pattern which can lead to a mosquito infestation. The Florida Department of Health is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[85000,23311,23307,84998,84996,115,171,173,172,84997,807,84999,729,221],"class_list":["post-417931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-clear-channel-miami","tag-coast-to-coast","tag-glenn-beck","tag-hannity","tag-jimmy-cefalo","tag-news","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-schnitt","tag-south-florida","tag-the-weather-channel-wall-street-journal","tag-traffic","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}