Cases of EEE, a rare but often deadly mosquito-borne illness, are higher than usual this year.
Public health officials advise people to wear insect repellent and take other precautions against Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
Public health officials in the Northeast are urging people to wear insect repellent and to get rid of standing water around homes as more human cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a virus that can cause severe neurological disease and potentially death, are reported around the country. One person had died from EEE in New Hampshire. New Jersey reported one human case in mid-summer.

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