CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, June 3 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * UNC Researchers Help Marion Family Affected by Rare Mosquito Disease Five-year-old Granger Horney contracted the La Crosse Virus, a potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease, in July 2024. With blood samples from Granger, researchers at Carolina are working to create better diagnostics and a treatment for the little-known disease. It was July in Marion, North Carolina.  more