US patient dies from rare mosquito-borne disease

The patient, identified only as an adult from the town of Hampstead, was hospitalized with severe central nervous system disease and later succumbed to the illness, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said in a statement. "The last reported human EEEV infection in New Hampshire was in 2014, when DHHS identified three human infections, including two fatalities," the department said. The new infection and death comes amid rising concerns from state officials across New England about the increasing risk of EEE...