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

Maine health officials say a Penobscot County resident became severely ill in early October and remains hospitalized.

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 ...

Also known as EEE, it is one of four equine encephalitis viruses. The others are Western and Venezuelan equine encephalitis and West Nile virus. As with the other three, EEE originates in birds ...

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.

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

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 ...

(WJAR) — The final Rhode Island mosquito report of 2024 found no additional traces of eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, or Jamestown Canyon Virus. The Rhode Island Department of ...

we continue to detect EEE virus, some of which are being found in new communities in Connecticut," said John Shepard, medical entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

EEE is described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a "rare but serious disease" with similarities to other mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue fever and West Nile virus.

A 49-year-old Connecticut man tragically passed away last week after battling a rare mosquito-borne virus for five years. His death has brought renewed attention to the resurgence of Eastern ...