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Concerns about the dangers of mosquito-borne viruses are on the rise after the first New York resident to contract eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) since 2015 died last weekend, New York Gov.

A New York resident who tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis has died, prompting questions about the rare mosquito-borne disease. Eastern equine encephalitis, also called EEE ...

A New York resident has died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a rare but deadly mosquito-borne virus, leading Governor Kathy Hochul to declare EEE an "imminent threat" to public health.

Kathy Hochul to declare the rare mosquito-borne illness an imminent threat to public health. The death that was reported Monday in Ulster County is apparently the second death from the disease in the ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is warning residents about the dangers of mosquito-borne diseases after New York's first death from the eastern equine encephalitis virus, or EEE. The death of the ...

A person has died from the mosquito-borne virus known as EEE in New York, the state's first case since 2015 and the second death from the disease in the U.S. since late August. EEE, short for ...