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West Monroe, N.Y. — Eastern equine encephalitis virus and the West Nile virus have been detected in mosquitoes in West Monroe, officials said. The Oswego County Health Department was notified by ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is warning residents about the dangers of mosquito-borne diseases after New York's first death from the eastern equine encephalitis virus, or EEE. The death of the ...
NEW YORK — The New York resident who tested positive for the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, prompting state health officials to declare an "imminent threat to the ...
17 and does not yet include the New York case. Eastern equine encephalitis virus is a rare disease that is transmitted by various species of mosquitoes. Experts say that while cases are few and ...
The first person to have a human case of the mosquito-borne illness EEE virus in New York state in nine years has died, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said. The state health commissioner has issued ...
A mosquito-borne virus is making a comeback: Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). While not actually new, cases are extremely rare. Nonetheless, there have been higher instances than usual in the U ...
Vaccine research for EEE has been stymied by the fact that outbreaks of the virus are sporadic, making it tough to test any jab or even predict who would most benefit from vaccination, Abraham said.
No one in this state has come down with EEE since 2019, when three out of four people who contracted the virus died, but towns in Massachusetts are issuing warnings about it. And Philip Armstrong ...
The recent death of a Hampstead man, Steven Perry, 41, who died after exposure to EEE (eastern equine encephalitis) has raised concerns about the risk of the virus ... diagnostic test is a lumbar ...