Former State Legislator Vincent Callahan In Hospital With West Nile Virus encephalitis

Nicholas F. Benton

Nicholas F. Benton is owner and Editor-In-Chief of the Falls Church News-Press.

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Former Northern Virginia-based state legislator Vincent Callahan was confirmed in the Virginia Hospital Center tonight suffering from exposure to the West Nile Virus encephalitis, according to a G. Paul Nardo, Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates in Richmond. Since there is no cure for the virus other than rest, there is no prognosis on the length of Callahan’s stay at the hospital, according to reports.

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