Third Human Case of EEE, Threat Level Raised

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced the third human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a Massachusetts resident.

A third Massachusetts resident has been hospitalized for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), this time a female under the age of 18 in Western Massachusetts, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.  Based on this finding, the EEE threat level has been raised in several towns in Franklin County and Worcester County. The EEE threat level has been raised to “Critical” in Athol, Orange, and Royalston, and to “High” in Erving, Petersham, Phillipston, Templeton, Warwick, Wendell, and Winchendon. The current EEE threat level for all of Boston is "High." Although there have been no cases of EEE in the Boston area to date this year, there have been two cases of West Nile Virus, another mosquito-borne disease, including a Beacon …

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