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How have I made in this far in life without being done in by a virus or a mosquito?

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

New Bedford residents are advised to close windows Wednesday night for mosquito spraying beginning at 2 a.m. Thursday, weather permitting.

City of New Bedford - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has notified local boards of health of the finding of EEE in a primarily bird-biting mosquito sample obtained from northwest quadrant of New Bedford. The sample was obtained on 9/1/14...

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

Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been detected in a mosquito sample taken last week in Mattapoisett.

Two pools of mosquitoes carrying the potentially deadly eastern equine encephalitis virus have been identified in Freetown.

The state health department is advising four more southeastern Massachusetts communities to curtail outdoor evening events because of risk from mosquitoes with Eastern equine encephalitis.

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.

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...