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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that the risk for West Nile virus (WNV) is now high in multiple communities due to ongoing evidence of mosquito samples carrying the virus. The risk level for WNV has been elevated in the following municipalities: Acton, Bedford, Billerica, Boston, Brookline, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Lowell, and Newton.

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) own Wednesday announced that Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time this year. The presence of EEE was confirmed in a mosquito sample collected on July 21 in the town of Belchertown in Hampshire County.

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BOSTON —  The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) on Tuesday announced the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in an animal this year. A goat was exposed to WNV in Lunenburg in Worcester County. The towns of Lunenburg, Leominster, Shirley, and Fitchburg are being raised to moderate risk.

HAVERHILL — The state Department of Public Health has confirmed that mosquitoes collected locally tested positive for West Nile virus.