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      <title>Kent County Health Department reports Michigan's first West Nile death of 2025</title>
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      <description>The victim, a West Michigan man, lived less than 3,000 feet from a site where mosquitoes carrying the virus were recently found. Statewide, five other cases have been confirmed.</description>
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      <description>Kent County health officials expect to see some cases of West Nile virus before summer ends.That’s because there are way more mosquitos found with the…</description>
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