Public health officials are investigating whether a newborn girl on Martha’s Vineyard contracted the serious but rare ...

A Boston baby is hospitalized with seizures and brain damage after a tick bite on Martha's Vineyard may have led to Powassan ...

A baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life after contracting a suspected case of the tick-borne ...

A mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials said is under investigation for having a rare ...

Rare Powassan virus case in Maine highlights serious tick-borne illness with no vaccine or treatment, causing neurological ...

Parents of five-week-old Lily Sisco say their daughter is a “fighter” as they struggle with the potential long-lasting ...

A 1-month-old infant on Martha’s Vineyard contracted a rare but serious tick-borne disease, her family and local health ...

An uncommon tick-borne illness called Powassan virus is making headlines in New England right now because a newborn baby in ...

The potential case comes during one of the worst tick seasons in New England in years, with a surge of tick-borne diseases ...

Powassan virus is rare compared to other tick-borne diseases that affect humans. Most infections are reported in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions, where the deer tick is active from late ...

“Powassan virus is closely related to West Nile virus and while cases are rare compared to the other diseases spread by the same tick, the virus can invade the central nervous system (brain and ...

Aside from the pending investigation, there has only been one case of Powassan virus on the island in the past 20 years.