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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 said her daughter, Lilly, had seizures because of the suspected virus and is receiving intensive care.
A Maynard girl’s life was drastically changed after contracting Powassan virus from a tick bite in 2019. Her family urges ...
Parents of five-week-old Lily Sisco say their daughter is a “fighter” as they struggle with the potential long-lasting ...
A Massachusetts mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials recently said is under investigation ...
Tiffany Sisco, who declined to be interviewed by ABC News, told Boston ABC station WCVB that she found a tick on her 5-week-old daughter Lily Belle Sisco during an outdoor walk, and despite removing ...
Aside from the pending investigation, there has only been one case of Powassan virus on the island in the past 20 years.
The potential case comes during one of the worst tick seasons in New England in years, with a surge of tick-borne diseases ...
Preliminary tests show the baby contracted Powassan virus, a rare but serious tick-borne disease that can be fatal.
A tick-borne illness has been spotted in a Martha's Vineyard resident, making it the third diagnosis in the United States ...
Rare Powassan virus case in Maine highlights serious tick-borne illness with no vaccine or treatment, causing neurological ...