Eastern equine encephalitis, commonly known as EEE or ‘Triple E’, is a virus transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus causes brain inflammation and affects the ...
Known as EEE or 'triple E', the virus got its name after first being spotted in horses. The rare bug kills around a third of those it infects and often leaves survivors severely disabled.
A Connecticut father died Monday — five years after he was bitten by an infected mosquito while clearing brush in his wooded backyard. Richard Pawulski, 49, was killed from complications of ...
Twelve of those infected died from the virus, with half of those deaths being in Massachusetts. In 2024, the Northeast is again in the midst of an EEE outbreak. As of Oct. 15, 16 people in the US have ...
KENSINGTON, N.H. - Joe Casey survived a mosquito bite that gave him Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). He says his family and community in New Hampshire have been critical to his recovery.
This year EEE was found in 20 samples, and West Nile virus was found in 16 samples. There was one confirmed case of human EEE and six confirmed human cases of West Nile virus.
His death has brought renewed attention to the resurgence of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a deadly virus that has seen an uptick in cases across the United States, particularly in the tri ...