Mosquito-Borne Illnesses in 2020
Summer is coming to a close. The most active mosquito season is also nearing its end. What has 2020 looked like for mosquito-borne illnesses? There has been such focus on COVID-19 in 2020, mosquito-born illnesses might not have been at the front of your mind. Even so, they remain a great threat to our health. We have seen Eastern equine encephalitis make an appearance again in 2020. As of September 9, the CDC reports there have been five confirmed cases of EEE in the United States. Three of those cases were in Massachusetts.