Some mosquitoes in New Jersey carry diseases, including the West Nile virus, eastern equine encephalitis and Jamestown Canyon ...

A new JAMA report warns of rising eastern Equine encephalitis cases in the U.S., giving attention to neurological impacts in ...

West Nile Virus was detected in Bristol County, Massachusetts for the first time in 2025.A mosquito sample tested positive ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

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 ...

The symptoms of EEE are similar to other neuro-invasive mosquito viruses, such as West Nile virus and La Crosse encephalitis, which are more common than EEE, Doyle said.

The latest announcement brings the total to six human cases of West Nile Virus in Rhode Island this year. There has also been one confirmed human case of the more serious EEE virus.

EEE has similar symptoms, including flu-like symptoms in mild cases and neurological degeneration in those more severe.

West Nile virus has caused 18 deaths in the U.S. so far this year, while one fatality has been tied to the rarer eastern equine encephalitis virus.

Spread of deadly EEE virus explodes 5-fold in New York; one death reported Normally only 2 or 3 counties have EEE-positive mosquitoes; there's 15 this year.