The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday announced an additional human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis ...

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 ...

Health officials in Massachusetts are warning about the risk of contracting Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEE) after a ...

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.

This is one of the more active years' Outbreaks of EEE usually occur in Massachusetts every 10 years and typically last two to three years. Philip Armstrong, chief scientist at the Center for ...

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.

The virus was detected as rare Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), which was first discovered in horses in Massachusetts in 1938. This virus is a rare but severe illness that can cause inflammation ...