This is the seventh case of WNV in Massachusetts this year. “Today’s announcement of additional West Nile virus and Eastern ...

Four Massachusetts towns are under voluntary lockdowns as the potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease Eastern equine ...

His death is the first publicly linked to the mosquito-borne illness in Massachusetts this year — the state is withholding EEE mortality information until the end of the season, under a policy ...

There have been 96 EEE-positive mosquito samples in Massachusetts this year. “Mosquito behavior is more variable at this time of year,” said State Epidemiologist Dr. Catherine Brown.

Triple E was first discovered in Massachusetts in 1831 when 75 horses unexpectedly ... too low to transmit to other potential hosts. In this process, mosquitoes act as a vector, spreading EEE across ...

Officials with the Massachusetts Department of ... and towns in Worcester and Middlesex counties. A mosquito in Gardner testing positive for EEE is rare, Blondeau explained, but added that the ...

Ten communities in Massachusetts are now designated at high or critical risk for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, that spreads through the bite of an infected mosquito, officials say.

In the United States, eastern equine encephalitis has occurred in epidemic form in Massachusetts only ... has been attributed to the fact that mosquitoes are allowed to bite longer by infants ...

It was the first human case of EEE in Massachusetts since 2020 ... EEE is spread from the bite of an infected mosquito, and state officials said Wednesday that the risk is falling.

Following Massachusetts, New York reported its first case of eastern equine encephalitis in nearly a decade on Friday. According to the New York State Department of Health, this rare mosquito ...

Ongoing mosquito spraying efforts will take place in New York between Sept. 23 and Nov. 30. This comes amid an outbreak of EEE in the nearby New England area. Massachusetts confirmed two human ...