{"id":268443,"date":"2026-08-19T22:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/268443\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:34:10","slug":"west-nile-virus-detected-in-mosquitos-in-lower-merion-township-pennsylvania-health-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/268443\/","title":{"rendered":"West Nile virus detected in mosquitos in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, health officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, August 19, 2026 9:42PM<\/p>\n<p>Health officials in Montgomery County say West Nile Virus has been detected in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOWER MERION, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Health officials in Montgomery County say West Nile Virus has been detected in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials say they collected a sample of mosquitoes there last Thursday that tested positive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Residents can protect themselves by removing standing water and avoiding outdoor activities from dusk to dawn, which is when mosquitoes are the most active.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 19, 2026 9:42PM Health officials in Montgomery County say West Nile Virus has been detected in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[113183,183,185,184,186],"class_list":["post-268443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-113183","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}