A New York resident contracted the first confirmed human case of Eastern equine encephalitis in the state in nearly a decade and has died, the governor’s office announced this week. So what exactly is the mosquito-borne disease EEE or Triple E?

“While we normally see these mosquitoes in two to three counties each year, this year they have been in 15 counties so far, and scattered all over New York State. This life-threatening mosquito-borne disease has no commercially available human vaccine and must be taken seriously.

New York's first person to contract Eastern equine encephalitis -- or EEE -- in almost a decade has died, the governor's office announced Monday as the state declared the virus an "imminent threat to public health.

New York is joining the states in the Northeast US warning about the eastern equine encephalitis virus after a New Yorker died from the disease.

New York's governor declared a deadly mosquito-borne virus an "imminent threat" to public health after a death in the state.

New York state announced Monday that someone in Ulster County has died from eastern equine encephalitis​, or EEE.

Mosquitoes, once a nuisance, are now a threat.” The virus, which is contracted through the bite of an infected mosquito, has been on the rise across the Northeast, prompting Massachusetts coastal towns to shut down parks and playgrounds to better protect residents amid concerns about the deadliness of the disease.