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First COVID-19, now mosquitoes: Health officials brace for eastern equine encephalitis
(Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and painful headache when her parents found her unresponsive in her bed one morning last fall.Doctors ultimately diagnosed the then-5-year-old Sudbury, Massachusetts, resident with eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but severe mosquito-borne virus that causes brain swelling.Garabedian survived the potentially fatal virus after about a month in Boston hospitals, but her parents say her ordeal and ongoing recovery should be a warning as people take advantage of the outdoors this summer.“It’s been a rough year,” said David Garabedian, her father. “With any brain injury, it’s hard to tell.