The last outbreak of EEE in Massachusetts occurred in 2019-2020, and resulted in 17 human cases with seven deaths, and nine animal cases. There were no human or animal cases of EEE in ...

A fourth human case of EEE has been confirmed in Massachusetts, officials said Monday. A man in his 50s has been diagnosed ...

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 ...

It was the first human case of EEE in Massachusetts since 2020, one of four cases so far this year statewide. Dudley, Harvard, Northbridge and Uxbridge had been in the high-risk zone. EEE is ...

EEE, which is transmitted to humans through mosquito bites, is very rare. But cases spiked in New Hampshire and Massachusetts late this summer. Each state recorded four confirmed cases.

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.

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.

Mosquito-borne illnesses are a growing concern in Northeastern states, with health officials monitoring cases and advising ...

In the United States, eastern equine encephalitis has occurred in epidemic form in Massachusetts only, except for one outbreak in Louisiana and Texas in 1947. In other states a few sporadic cases ...

In the United States, eastern equine encephalitis has occurred in epidemic form in Massachusetts only, except for one outbreak in Louisiana and Texas in 1947. In other states a few sporadic cases ...