Eastern Equine Encephalitis

If April showers bring May flowers, what do June showers bring? Lots of mosquitoes!

This report comes as the state had planes in the air over a number of areas in lower Michigan overnight spraying to control mosquitos that carry the virus.

State Agriculture Department doctors say if you own horses and they aren’t vaccinated, you need to give that more than strong consideration.

The Michigan Health and Human Services Department now reports at least 10 horses throughout the state are testing positive. No people in the state so far are confirmed to have contracted the mosquito-borne virus.

It is one of the most dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in the U.S. The death rate for people who contract the encephalitis and become ill from it is 30 percent.

Michigan was a focal point of mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis cases last year. This year may end up being no different. We’ve already had a couple of early reports of mosquitos found in the state carrying the disease.

A Berrien County farmer has been identified as the 6th fatality from the mosquito-borne virus Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) for 2019.

A fifth death due to Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in a Cass County resident and an additional horse has been diagnosed with the disease in Allegan County, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday afternoon.

Calhoun County Public Health has been informed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that areas 4-1 and 4-2 will be treated tonight (10/03/19) In Calhoun County, weather permitting.

With Kalamazoo County authorizing spraying insecticide over the county due to the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) situation, Mayor Bobby Hopewell issued a statement asking questions and raising his concern over the plan.