Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

CONFIRMED. JEN. MARIA PLYMOUTH COUNTY IS TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO HELP PREVENT MORE INFECTIONS HERE. AND THAT INCLUDES MAKING RESTRICTIONS TO PARKS AND TO SPORTS OUTDOORS. WHEN IT’S BUGGIER.

A small town in Massachusetts is urging residents to stay indoors in the evenings after the spread of a dangerous mosquito-spread virus reached “critical risk level.” The virus causes Eastern equine ...

Mosquitoes carrying the dangerous Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus were captured in Easton in Bristol County, Massachusetts on August 11, while the West Nile virus has been detected in East ...

Health officials in Massachusetts have confirmed a second case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a person. The patient is a woman in her 30s who was exposed in the area of Plymouth County, in ...

The Eastern equine encephalitis virus, commonly known as EEE, has been identified in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time in 2025. The Department of Public Health says EEE was confirmed in a ...

Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, concerns are on the rise in Massachusetts, creating safety concerns ahead of the holiday weekend. The state is now looking to keep communities most at-risk safe by ...

PLYMOUTH – Life just got a little easier for athletic directors and youth leagues in the town of Plymouth. As of Thursday, Oct. 3, the Mass. Department of Public Health moved the threat level in town ...