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

About 30 percent of people who contract EEE die, and many who survive the infection are left with permanent neurologic damage ...

In August 2024, a man from Worcester County was infected with the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, the first human case in Massachusetts since 2020. The virus, also known as Triple E, can severely ...

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.

Of particular concern is eastern equine encephalitis, a rare disease that can lead to serious and fatal illness, caused by mosquitoes carrying the virus. Known as EEE or “triple E,” the virus ...

The Maine Center for Disease Control says a resident of Maine has contracted the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, or Triple ...

Known as EEE or 'triple E', the virus got its name after first being spotted in horses. The rare bug kills around a third of those it infects and often leaves survivors severely disabled.

Health officials believe a Penobscot County resident diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis acquired the disease within Maine, making it the first in-state acquisition of the illness since 2015.

Speaking of horses, there have been 13 cases of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus in humans in 2024. So far, two have been fatal. Could autoantibodies be connected to an increased vulnerability ...

A Connecticut father died Monday — five years after he was bitten by an infected mosquito while clearing brush in his wooded backyard. Richard Pawulski, 49, was killed from complications of ...

This marks the first EEE infection in Maine this season, though other mosquito-borne illnesses have been found in most of Maine’s 16 counties this year. The virus cannot be spread from human to ...