A newborn baby from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life at a Boston hospital after preliminary tests show she contracted Powassan virus, a rare but serious tick-borne disease that can be fatal, local health officials say. Lily Sisco was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital just weeks after she was born, her mother Tiffany Sisco said. She said Lily …
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A Massachusetts mother has identified her newborn daughter as the possible case of possible case of Powassan virus under investigation by health officials on Martha’s Vineyard. Health officials did not disclose where on the island the patient lives, their age or when they were infected. The virus has not been confirmed. The woman said her daughter had seizures is receiving …
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PORTLAND (WGME) — A Maine resident has tested positive for a tick-borne illness. It’s the first confirmed case identified in a person in Maine this year. The Maine CDC says an adult in Hancock County was hospitalized after becoming infected with Powassan virus. The CDC says they’ve also identified case of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease, in a bird …
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