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Rare mosquito virus prompts US towns to close public parks

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76% Informative

Ten communities in Massachusetts are now designated at high or critical risk for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE .

The disease is rare and only 11 cases are reported in the US annually , according to the CDC .

There are currently no vaccines or medicines available to treat the "very serious" disease.

A man in his 80s was the first human case of EEE since 2020 .

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74

Informative language

72

Neutral language

77

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

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possibly offensive

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Time-value

short-lived

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