Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday, Sept. 23 statewide actions to protect public health following reports that the first person to contract eastern equine encephalitis in New York since 2015 has died.
The first person to have a human case of the mosquito-borne illness EEE virus in New York state in nine years has died, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said.The state health commissioner has issued a ...