Call For Aggressive Action on Eastern Equine Encephalitis

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) urged aggressive federal action, including additional funding for research and development of vaccines and treatment to combat Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), West Nile virus, and other mosquito-borne illnesses. There is currently no vaccine or treatment for EEE. Blumenthal will be joined by Dr. Matthew Cartter of the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CTDPH) and Dr. Theodore Andreadis of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) to provide an update on current mosquito and virus activity in the state. This week CTDPH announced that an adult from East Lyme has tested positive for EEE, only the second human case ever reported in Connecticut. The EEE virus has been identified in mosquitoes in 12 towns and horses in two…

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Ansonia News: Man Arrested On Numerous Charges

#Ansonia CT-- On September 14, 2019 at about 9:15 A.M., the Ansonia Police Department responded to the Stop & Shop Plaza on Division Street on a report of a dispute involving weapons. Officers located and identified Kamrin Crawford, age 43, of Ansonia and Woodrow Ogman, age 33, also of Ansonia as the people involved in a dispute over a parking spot. During the argument, both Crawford and Ogman damaged each other’s cars, and there was a 14-year-old juvenile in Ogman’s car while Crawford damaged it. Ogman reported Crawford was armed with a hammer and metal pole, which he used to damage Ogman’s car and assault Ogman. Ogman suffered a possible broken hand, a laceration to his arm and an injury…

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