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A baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life after contracting a suspected case of the tick-borne ...
Public health officials are investigating whether a newborn girl on Martha’s Vineyard contracted the serious but rare ...
Tiffany Sisco, who declined to be interviewed by ABC News, told Boston ABC station WCVB that she found a tick on her ...
A Maynard girl’s life was drastically changed after contracting Powassan virus from a tick bite in 2019. Her family urges ...
Tiffany Sisco said her daughter, Lilly, had seizures because of the suspected virus and is receiving intensive care.
A Massachusetts mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials recently said is under investigation ...
An unsettling update to a suspected case of Powassan virus found on Martha’s Vineyard.Tonight – we’ve learned the patient who ...
Aside from the pending investigation, there has only been one case of Powassan virus on the island in the past 20 years.
Parents of five-week-old Lily Sisco say their daughter is a “fighter” as they struggle with the potential long-lasting ...
South Shore Health's Dr. Todd Ellerin says symptoms of Powassan usually begin with a fever, then headaches, and then often, ...
Preliminary tests show the baby contracted Powassan virus, a rare but serious tick-borne disease that can be fatal.
A rare tick-borne virus, Powassan, is suspected in a part of Massachusetts. As tick risks expand in the region, what to know and where to learn more.