Health officials with one Central New York county are warning people that a horse has died as a result of a serious disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Residents are urged to get rid of standing water on their property after group of mosquitoes carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus were found in two different towns.
Mosquitos in New York are capable of transmitting several life threatening diseases - and there's more of these nasty bloodsuckers than ever before this year.
The Madison County Health Department says the county's first positive EEE mosquito pool has been collected at a trap site on Moore Road in the Town of Sullivan.