By late summer, what started as fever and fatigue had morphed into severe migraines, dizziness and partial loss of hearing. “It was fall turning into winter and I could not drive. It was really hard for me to just walk around the house; I could not walk up and down the stairs by myself,” she said.

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — State health officials are reporting Colorado's first death from West Nile virus this year. According to a release from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Boulder County Public Health, the person who died was an adult from Lafayette.

State health officials Friday confirmed the first human death from West Nile virus in Colorado this year. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said a Lafayette resident has died from the virus.

A Fort Collins resident is confirmed to be Larimer County’s first case of West Nile virus this year and the third human case reported in Colorado.