Michigan health officials urge people to take steps to avoid mosquito bites because eastern equine encephalitis infected a Roscommon County resident.

A rare and deadly mosquito-borne disease has been popping up again this summer: eastern equine encephalitis, a viral illness that causes brain swelling in severe cases and has claimed at least one life in the northeastern U.S. State officials announced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "black-legged" or "black-tailed" mosquito is known for infecting humans with the EEE virus. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Since then, sporadic human and horse cases ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A 41-year-old man in Hampstead, New Hampshire, has died as a result of a rare, mosquito-borne virus while another man in his ...

A New Hampshire resident recently died from eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE virus), and the virus is spreading across five New England states. Neither the virus nor the disease, which remains rare, are new. Yet, the pathogen's ability to cause ...

(AP) - The world’s deadliest animal can be squashed flat with a quick slap: It’s the mosquito. The buzzing insects are more than annoying — they spread disease. When they bite and drink blood from a person or animal, they can pick up viruses or germs ...