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

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.

Victim lived in upstate Ulster County, said Gov. Kathy Hochul as she announced that the state will add resources to battle mosquitoes that transmit the rare but potentially deadly disease.

First case of eastern equine encephalitis or EEE in nearly a decade has been detected in New York. The health department of ...

While West Nile virus and EEE are viral infections that most commonly affect horses, humans and birds, neither is zoonotic ...

Nationally, the burden of eastern equine encephalitis can vary from year to year. There are typically about 11 human cases in the U.S. per year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

EEE is a virus spread to people by the bite of ... and many survivors have ongoing neurologic problems. Symptoms of eastern equine encephalitis can include fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea ...

Parts of New England are on high alert after health officials in New Hampshire confirmed the first death from the rare, mosquito-borne virus known as eastern equine encephalitis. Another illness ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY – Public health officials are advising residents to take extra measures to avoid mosquito bites following confirmation of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in a horse in ...