Health Department urges New York residents to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites after confirming the first human ...

New York state officials confirmed the first fatality in the state from eastern equine encephalitis, more commonly known as ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A person has died in New York state from eastern equine encephalitis, prompting Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare the rare mosquito-borne illness an imminent threat to public health.

The person died in Ulster County after being infected with the EEE virus that spreads from horses to humans via mosquito bites.

New Jersey health officials report that three residents have died from West Nile virus, with the total of human cases reported this season in the state rising to 16. The three people who died were ...

In Ulster County, the New York State Department of Health confirmed that a resident was hospitalized after testing positive for eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE), the agency announced Friday, ...

(NEW YORK) -- New York state reported its first case of eastern equine encephalitis in nearly a decade on Friday. The rare mosquito-borne virus was detected in Ulster County, the New York State ...

A New Hampshire resident infected with the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said. The Hampstead resident's infection was the first in the state ...

DEEP said in a statement that the spraying is being done “out of an abundance of caution to minimize the potential for spread of the virus ... Symptoms of eastern equine encephalitis can include ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old ...