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Massachusetts town closing parks early due to lethal mosquito-borne virus
A Massachusetts town is closing its public parks and fields at night after a horse tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but lethal mosquito-borne disease. Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, is a potentially fatal virus that is usually …