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America’s endless summers are good for mosquitoes, too

Outbreaks of EEE and West Nile virus have health officials on the alert

A worker from the Mosquito Authority treats the grounds of a home in Sargent, Texas.
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|OXFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

HIGH SCHOOLS in Plymouth, Massachusetts have moved kick-off times at American football games to the afternoon from the evening. Everyone has to be off the field by dusk because of worries about a rare but often deadly illness, carried by mosquitoes: Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), also called Triple E. Two people in the state have been infected. About 30% of people who develop EEE die.

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