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 ...

Four people in Massachusetts have been diagnosed with the rare mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, so far this year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

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 ...

The more concerning mosquito-borne illness circulating now is eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The last outbreak in Massachusetts was 2019 to 2020. EEE is a rare but potentially fatal disease.

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.

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 ...

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.

EEE cases have been reported in 2024 in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Wisconsin and New Jersey. So far in 2024, at least five human cases of eastern equine encephalitis have been ...

Known as EEE or "triple E," the virus can cause disease in humans ... complication in which the infection causes inflammation ...