A New York resident contracted the first confirmed human case of Eastern equine encephalitis in the state in nearly a decade and has died, the governor’s office announced this week. So what exactly is the mosquito-borne disease EEE or Triple E?

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A person has died in New York state from eastern equine encephalitis, prompting Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare the rare mosquito-borne illness an imminent threat to public health.

The death that was reported Monday in Ulster County is apparently the second death from the disease in the United States.