Worcester County

Which communities are in the spray zone?

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Which communities are in the spray zone?

The Bay State plans to start spraying for mosquitoes in more than a dozen communities on Tuesday, as the region faces an outbreak from the rare but serious EEE virus. Aerial and truck-mounted ground spraying for mosquitoes will begin on Tuesday evening, according to the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and Department of Public Health. … Read more

Massachusetts town with state’s first EEE human case since 2020 urges sports to move indoors

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Massachusetts town with state’s first EEE human case since 2020 urges sports to move indoors

Days after learning it had recorded the state’s first human case of EEE in four years, a town outside of Worcester has recommended sports practices be held outside of evening hours and moved indoors if possible. Oxford is one of the four towns where the state Department of Public Health raised the risk level for … Read more