Different mosquito species can emerge, depending on environmental conditions, in early spring, late spring, summer or mid-summer, the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project‘s website noted.

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

On Aug. 29-30, DEM conducted an aerial application of mosquito larvicide across 3,000 acres of Chapman Swamp in Westerly and Great Swamp in South Kingstown to reduce mosquito populations and related ...

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.

Earlier this week, New York State health officials announced the death of an Ulster County man after he contracted eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne illness last detected in a New ...

In 2019-2020 there were 17 human cases with seven deaths and nine animal cases (eight horses and one goat). There were no human or animal cases of EEE in Massachusetts in 2021, 2022, or 2023.

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But the lack of EEE in mosquitoes doesn’t mean that birds can’t still have it, Patti Casey, the agency’s environmental surveillance program director, said via email.

No human cases of EEE have been reported in Connecticut in 2024. Human cases have been reported in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire (one death there) and New Jersey. A white ...

CONCORD - The town of Concord, Massachusetts sprayed a playground and field Thursday night after the potentially deadly eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE virus, was confirmed in mosquito samples.

There people have contracted EEE in Massachusetts. While there have been no cases in Rhode Island, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed has taken a proactive approach by securing $200,000 to help combat the ...