Department of Health and Human Services officials are urging state residents to take greater care to protect themselves from mosquito bites after an outbreak of Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been detected in Kalamazoo and St. Joseph counties. While the two cases found both involve horses, neither of which was vaccinated and both have died, the disease can spread to humans. And while there is a vaccine for horses, there is none for humans. Earlier this month a woman infected with the disease died in Massachusetts.
Scott Everet - Michigan LICA Director of Government Relations
Scott Everet - Michigan LICA Director of Government Relations