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Parents of five-week-old Lily Sisco say their daughter is a “fighter” as they struggle with the potential long-lasting ...
A baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life after contracting a suspected case of the tick-borne ...
Updated Aug. 5 About two weeks ago, West Tisbury resident Tiffany Sisco and her newborn daughter, Lily, were medflighted to Mass General Brigham for Children because the one-month old had a persistent ...
A mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials said is under investigation for having a rare ...
Powassan virus (POWV), a type of flavivirus closely related to the Zika and Dengue viruses, is an emerging tick-borne virus ...
Rare Powassan virus case in Maine highlights serious tick-borne illness with no vaccine or treatment, causing neurological ...
Public health officials are investigating whether a newborn girl on Martha’s Vineyard contracted the serious but rare ...
A Massachusetts woman is sharing her family's experience after her granddaughter was diagnosed with Powassan virus after a ...
A Boston baby is hospitalized with seizures and brain damage after a tick bite on Martha's Vineyard may have led to Powassan ...
A Massachusetts mother has identified her newborn daughter, who has a possible case of Powassan virus, which is under ...
The tick-borne virus, which can cause encephalitis, meningitis and death, is spreading throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, but there are no drugs to treat or prevent it.
An uncommon tick-borne illness called Powassan virus is making headlines in New England right now because a newborn baby in ...