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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The Onondaga County Heath Department says it will start monitoring the mosquitoes buzzing around the county this month.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Maggie Wilcox family wants to push for a human vaccine

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Counties in New York will get more help in the fight against Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

Friday, September 21, 2012  Fall officially starts Saturday, September 22 and temperatures are starting to fall, but the Oswego County Public Health Director says mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus are still present at test sites around the county. The county is urging residents to continue taking measures to protect themselves against mosquito bites.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Horse owners in New York are being urged to have their animals vaccinated against Eastern equine encephalitis and the West Nile virus.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  As long as the weather cooperates, the Oswego County Health Department will conduct aerial spraying tonight. It will begin after 6:45 p.m. and will continue until the target area has been treated.

Monday, September 10, 2012  More aerial spraying to kill mosquitoes is planned in a central New York county where Eastern equine encephalitis was found in one of the insects tested by state health experts last week.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  The Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus has been found in a sample of mosquitos collected last week in the village of Central Square. The Oswego County Health Department was notified by the State Health Department late Tuesday afternoon and is requesting the New York State Department of Health to issue a declaration of "imminent threat to public health" in Oswego County.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  As the fight continues against disease carrying mosquitoes, hundreds of free home larvicide kits remain stockpiled in Central New York.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  Five Central New York counties provide a new tool to help fight the spread of the mosquito borne illness, EEE virus. The news comes as two cases of West Nile Virus are confirmed in Oswego County.

Thursday, June 28, 2012  A state senator is hosting two vaccination clinics for horses to prevent a mosquito-borne brain infection that killed 12 horses and a little girl last year in upstate New York.

Monday, June 18, 2012  Clean up crews are beginning work on a property in the town of New Haven that was declared a "public health nuisance" by the Oswego County Board of Health last week.

Monday, June 11, 2012  The Oswego County Board of Health, in an extraordinary special session Monday morning, declared a property in the town of New Haven a "public health nuisance."

Friday, June 08, 2012  Full scale mosquito surveillance is underway in Oswego County with good results so far.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Oswego County may declare a New Haven property a, "public health nuisance." Its located near the home where a 4 year old contracted the mosquito borne EEE virus and died.