WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » mosquitos http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Thu, 23 May 2013 16:36:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Plymouth County Man Stricken With EEE http://wbsm.com/plymouth-county-man-stricken-with-eee/ http://wbsm.com/plymouth-county-man-stricken-with-eee/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:13:22 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=14923 State health officials are confirming a fourth case of Eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/plymouth-county-man-stricken-with-eee/feed/ 0 Getty Images Third Case Of EEE Reported In Mass. http://wbsm.com/third-case-of-eee-reported-in-mass/ http://wbsm.com/third-case-of-eee-reported-in-mass/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:55:42 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=14114 A third Massachusetts resident has been diagnosed with a case of Eastern equine encephalitis. State health officials said the patient is female, under the age of 18 and currently hospitalized. She was diagnosed in early September. Based on the latest report, the EEE threat level has been raised in several towns in Franklin and Worcester counties.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/third-case-of-eee-reported-in-mass/feed/ 0 dr_relling, flickr Triple E Mosquitos Found In Mattapoisett http://wbsm.com/triple-e-mosquitos-found-in-mattapoisett/ http://wbsm.com/triple-e-mosquitos-found-in-mattapoisett/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:50:21 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=13747 The Mattapoisett board of health is closing town-owned properties from dusk to dawn after 10 mosquito samples from the community tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/triple-e-mosquitos-found-in-mattapoisett/feed/ 0 Getty Images West Nile Virus Claims Life In Worcester http://wbsm.com/west-nile-virus-claims-life-in-worcester/ http://wbsm.com/west-nile-virus-claims-life-in-worcester/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:25:48 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=13691 State health officials say a Worcester man has died of West Nile virus, the second death from a mosquito-borne illness this summer in Massachusetts.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/west-nile-virus-claims-life-in-worcester/feed/ 0 Getty Images Four More Cases Of West Nile Virus Reported In Massachusetts http://wbsm.com/four-more-cases-of-west-nile-virus-reported-in-massachusetts/ http://wbsm.com/four-more-cases-of-west-nile-virus-reported-in-massachusetts/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:49:25 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=12136 Four new cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Massachusetts. The Department of Public Health had said earlier the cases likely were the mosquito-borne illness.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/four-more-cases-of-west-nile-virus-reported-in-massachusetts/feed/ 0 Getty Images More Mosquito Spraying In New Bedford http://wbsm.com/more-mosquito-spraying-in-new-bedford/ http://wbsm.com/more-mosquito-spraying-in-new-bedford/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:14:29 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=11561 Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus have turned up in New Bedford's South End, so officials plan to spray the entire peninsula early Friday morning.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/more-mosquito-spraying-in-new-bedford/feed/ 0 Getty Images Massachusetts DPH Says Aerial Spraying Effective In Cutting Mosquito Numbers http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-dph-says-aerial-spraying-effective-in-cutting-mosquito-numbers/ http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-dph-says-aerial-spraying-effective-in-cutting-mosquito-numbers/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:47:10 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=9956 State health officials say aerial spraying has cut the mosquito population in half in six southeastern Massachusetts communities. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-dph-says-aerial-spraying-effective-in-cutting-mosquito-numbers/feed/ 0 simminch, flickr EEE Mosquitoes Spread To Plymouth County http://wbsm.com/eee-mosquitoes-spread-to-plymouth-county/ http://wbsm.com/eee-mosquitoes-spread-to-plymouth-county/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:24:52 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=9746 Massachusetts health officials say they have found mammal-biting mosquitoes infected with Eastern equine encephalitis have been found in the communities of Carver and Kingston.  Health officials have raised the EEE threat level to "high'' in Carver and `moderate'' in Kingston.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/eee-mosquitoes-spread-to-plymouth-county/feed/ 0 Getty Images EEE Threat Raised To "High" In New Bedford http://wbsm.com/eee-threat-raised-to-high-in-new-bedford/ http://wbsm.com/eee-threat-raised-to-high-in-new-bedford/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:51:12 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=8598 The discovery of a Triple E infected mosquito caught in a trap at the New Bedford Business Park has prompted state health officials to raise the Triple E threat level to "high" in New Bedford.  The results will prompt another round of ground spraying in the city's North End.  The Bristol County Mosquito Control Program and Mayor Jon Mitchell have worked out the schedule.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/eee-threat-raised-to-high-in-new-bedford/feed/ 0 Getty Images Infected Mosquitos Found in New Bedford [AUDIO] http://wbsm.com/infected-mosquitos-found-in-new-bedford/ http://wbsm.com/infected-mosquitos-found-in-new-bedford/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:10:18 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.production.townsquaresites.com/?p=8064 State health officials say that two more mosquito samples from New Bedford have tested positively for West Nile virus. The state also logged another sample of west nile-infected mosquitoes from Fall River

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