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A Boston baby is hospitalized with seizures and brain damage after a tick bite on Martha's Vineyard may have led to Powassan ...
A mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials said is under investigation for having a rare ...
Parents of five-week-old Lily Sisco say their daughter is a “fighter” as they struggle with the potential long-lasting ...
While rare, the rate of the Powassan virus is increasing and can cause severe disease, including inflammation of the brain ...
A baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life after contracting a suspected case of the tick-borne ...
Preliminary tests show the baby contracted Powassan virus, a rare but serious tick-borne disease that can be fatal.
An unsettling update to a suspected case of Powassan virus found on Martha’s Vineyard.Tonight – we’ve learned the patient who ...
Updated Aug. 5 About two weeks ago, West Tisbury resident Tiffany Sisco and her newborn daughter, Lily, were medflighted to ...
A newborn from Martha’s Vineyard is fighting for her life after possibly contracting Powassan Virus, one of the rarest tick-born illnesses in<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
A tick-borne illness has been spotted in a Martha's Vineyard resident, making it the third diagnosis in the United States ...
Martha’s Vineyard health officials said they are investigating an apparent case of Powassan virus, a potentially serious ...
Aside from the pending investigation, there has only been one case of Powassan virus on the island in the past 20 years.