One of the two was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease and being treated in a hospital for encephalitis, New York City health officials said.

A Nashville resident tested positive for the West Nile virus, marking the city’s first confirmed human case of 2025.

Two Queens residents have tested positive for West Nile virus, New York City health officials announced Friday. One patient was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease and is currently hospitalized with a brain infection. The other was briefly hospitalized with West Nile fever and has since been released.