US towns close parks due to EEE
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•Rare mosquito virus prompts US towns to close public parks
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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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