Eastern equine encephalitis is a rare, deadly disease spread by mosquitoes. The first human case of the virus this year was recently confirmed in Massachusetts — a Worcester County man in his 80s.

Currently, 10 communities in Massachusetts are under high or critical ... ground-level and aerial spraying in the U.S. to ...

In August, Massachusetts officials said they would begin spraying for mosquitoes in two counties after a man in his 80s contracted the virus, four years after the state last saw an outbreak that ...

State health officials are warning that in addition to EEE, some eight municipalities in Massachusetts are considered to be at high risk for mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus. Cases of West ...

"It just happened so fast." NBC10 Boston, file File photo: A truck spraying for mosquitoes in Sudbury, Massachusetts, amid the state's EEE outbreak. The town reported the case publicly the day ...

“Spiders play an important role in our environment by controlling insect populations, including pests like aphids and mosquitoes,” Emily Stolarski, communications coordinator at ...

Triple E was first discovered in Massachusetts in 1831 when 75 horses unexpectedly ... EEE is a single-stranded RNA virus commonly transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes. The infection often ...

Male mosquitoes may be nearly as bloodthirsty as females under certain conditions, new research suggests. That upends the notion that only female mosquitoes bite, drink blood and spread diseases ...

As mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever spread across the world, researchers say that a key strategy to prevent these illnesses may be dissuading the insects from biting their ...

a research fellow in infectious diseases at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. "All of this is expected based just on changes in climate that affect mosquitoes." ...

Male mosquitoes that fail to hear potential females do not end up mating — a phenomenon that could have major implications for insect-borne disease spread, a new study has determined.