Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday, Sept. 23 statewide actions to protect public health following reports that the first person to contract eastern equine encephalitis in New York since 2015 has died.
“This life-threatening mosquito-borne disease has no commercially available human vaccine and must be taken seriously. Mosquitoes, once a nuisance, are now a threat. I urge all New Yorkers to prevent ...
A person who was infected with New York’s first human case of eastern equine encephalitis since 2015 has died, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday afternoon.