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EEE has been detected in Westport. The town's Board of Health said Wednesday that state officials discovered the virus in testing of a species of mosquito called Culiseta Melanura, which feeds almost exclusively on birds. Officials advise residents to stay indoors during peak mosquito hours and use insect repellents when going outdoors...

Between honeymooners and vacationers, more Americans love to travel to get-a-ways like St. Martin, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, French Guiana, Guadeloupe and St. Barthelemy. These areas have been hit with a painful mosquito-borne virus that's been spreading during the last few months called Chikungunya...

Though the temperatures are beginning to cool, mosquitoes are still buzzing around.

Rehoboth, Easton, Dighton, and Mansfield are the latest Bristol County communities where EEE positive mosquitoes have been found. The Bristol County Mosquito Control Project trapped the eight infected mosquitoes within the past week. Control Project Superintendent Jennifer Dacey tells WBSM's Mid-Day live the symptoms of EEE can start out just like a cold or flu...

The Massachusetts Department of Health is urging five communities to curtail evening outdoor activities after the death of a Norfolk County woman from mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis.

Signs of West Nile Virus are popping up all over the Southcoast. The Bristol County Mosquito Control Project says mosquitos carrying the virus have been trapped in Lakeville, Freetown, Swansea, Fall River, Mattapoisett, and now New Bedford...

State health officials say they have confirmed the first case of Eastern equine encephalitis in a horse in Massachusetts this year and are urging precautions against mosquitoes. The health department said Wednesday the horse was stabled in Belchertown...

State health officials have confirmed the 20th case of West Nile in Massachusetts this summer. The Department of Public Health said Thursday the new case is a Boston-area man in his 40s who was hospitalized but has been released.  That total is more than triple last year's six human cases...

State health officials say a 17th case of mosquito-borne West Nile virus has been reported in Massachusetts, nearly triple last year's cases.

State health officials are reporting the first death from Eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts this year.