The risk level for mosquito-borne illness in Rhode Island is now "medium" after a mosquito from Bristol tested positive, the ...

Eastern equine encephalitis virus causes neurological disease, particularly encephalitis (inflammation and swelling of the brain) and is transmitted to humans via a mosquito bite.

Eastern equine encephalitis, better known as EEE, is a very rare disease that as been found locally in mosquito samples. In ...

The Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus is spreading in the mosquito population in Southern Massachusetts.

The virus was found in mosquito samples collected in Bristol and East Providence in July, according to the state Department ...

According to Vector Disease Control International, eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is a zoonotic alphavirus and arbovirus, and was first recognized in horses in 1831 in Massachusetts.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and Department of Health announced the second detection of West Nile ...

It is the first human case of WNV detected in Michigan this year, said the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

But eastern equine encephalitis does have a high mortality rate, especially in horses, with up to 90% of infected horses dying from the disease, according to the Center for Equine Health at the ...

The New York State Department of Health announced that a mosquito pool in Madison County has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus and West Nile Virus (WNV). The mosquito pools ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis is more serious. In addition to potentially harming humans, the virus can harm some animals, including horses. Effective equine vaccines are commercially available.