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Officials detect EEE in mosquito sample in Belchertown, the state’s first positive test this year
Officials detected eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) Wednesday in a mosquito sample from Belchertown, the first time this year the deadly virus has been identified in Massachusetts. There were four human cases of EEE in Massachusetts last year, officials said. One man in New Hampshire died from the mosquito-borne disease.
EEE is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The last outbreak of EEE in Massachusetts occurred in 2019-2020, and resulted in 17 human cases with seven deaths.
Second confirmed case of EEE in MA: what officials are saying A woman in her 30s in Plymouth County has been diagnosed with EEE, the Department of Public Health said Thursday. The case is the ...
Currently, 10 Massachusetts communities have been raised to high or critical risk for EEE. According to state health officials, from 2019-2020, 17 human cases of EEE were found in ...
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday announced a second confirmed case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a human and a second case in a horse this year.
Massachusetts suffered an EEE outbreak in 2019, when there were six deaths among 12 confirmed cases. The following year, there were five more cases and one more death.
Earlier this week, New York State health officials announced the death of an Ulster County man after he contracted eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne illness last detected in a New ...
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Summer weather causes insects to become more activeSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – As the summer heats up, disease-carrying insects like mosquitoes and ticks become more active.
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