New York
New York resident dies from EEE; state declares virus 'imminent public health threat'
New York's first person to contract Eastern equine encephalitis -- or EEE -- in almost a decade has died, the governor's office announced Monday as the state declared the virus an "imminent threat to public health."
"Mosquitoes, once a nuisance, are now a threat," New York’s state health commissioner declared Monday as the first person in the state to contract Eastern equine encephalitis since 2015 has died, the governor announced. Photo courtesy of the CDC
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