Massachusetts towns are at 'high risk' for a mosquito-borne virus that can cause brain swelling

Health officials are warning that seven towns in southeastern Massachusetts are at 'high risk' for a potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus known as Eastern equine encephalitis

Health officials are warning that seven towns in southeastern Massachusetts are at "high risk" for a potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus known as Eastern equine encephalitis or EEE.

The virus has been found in 92 mosquito samples this year, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said Wednesday, and one-third of them are from a species that can spread the virus to people."We're raising the risk level because there is more activity than we typically see and it is happening early in the season," Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel said in a statement.

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