September is the peak month for mosquitoes and West Nile virus, but they got an early start on Long Island this year. Health officials reported larger numbers of infected mosquitoes compared with ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared the mosquito-borne illness a public health threat after the first confirmed case in the state in nearly a decade resulted in a death. By Ed Shanahan The first person to be ...

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is a highly pathogenic arbovirus that persists in complex ecological networks, predominantly maintained in an enzootic cycle between ornithophilic mosquitoes ...

Another EEE case has been reported in the Bay State, raising the risk levels in several communities as health officials remind people to keep using bug spray and reschedule outdoor evening events. A ...