eastern equine encephalitis

A dawn to dusk curfew remains in effect in New Bedford.

The Fairhaven woman who reportedly contracted Eastern Equine Encephalitis has passed away, her daughter posted on social media today.

Although the Mass. Dept. of Public Health has yet to confirm, reports are a woman from Fairhaven is the fourth human case of EEE in the state this year.

Multiple tests of bird-biting and mammal-biting mosquitoes with EEE, leading to the New Bedford Area’s classification of the risk being elevated to ‘critical.'

While the outbreak of EEE has been making headlines over the last couple weeks, state health officials have now detected West Nile Virus in New Bedford.

Gagne issued a memo requesting mosquito spraying requests be faxed rather than called into county officials due to phone lines overburdened with requests.

In response to the confirmed human case of EEE in southern Plymouth County, the Town of Marion is closing all town owned property until further notice.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has now elevated the risk of contracting EEE in multiple SouthCoast towns.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has confirmed that the EEE virus has been detected in mosquitoes collected from the western part of Dighton.

A mosquito tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in Westport on Tuesday. It's the first time in 2017 that EEE has been found in a mosquito in Massachusetts says the Massachusetts Department of Health.