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A Maine resident has been hospitalized with the year’s first human case of the rare tick-borne Powassan virus.  Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported the hospitalization of the unnamed Hancock County resident this week, noting the Powassan virus as the cause of illness.  The rare virus, spread from animal to human, usually via a tick or …

Health experts are sounding the alarm over the rise of a deadly insect-borne disease following America’s first death from the virus this year. An unnamed individual in Maricopa County, Arizona, was diagnosed with West Nile Virus, which is becoming more prevalent in the US due to a warming climate.  They were among the one percent of patients who develop a severe …