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

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

A Massachusetts mother has identified her newborn daughter as the possible case of Powassan virus that is under investigation ...

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

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

A rare tick-borne virus, Powassan, is suspected in a part of Massachusetts. As tick risks expand in the region, what to know and where to learn more.

A newborn baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life at a Boston hospital after preliminary tests ...

Massachusetts Audubon says warmer climates have led to an increase in the black-legged deer tick population. “There’s not a large population of ticks that carry Powassan virus.

Massachusetts is home to three tick species that pose “particular concern to human health,” Brown said. That includes blacklegged ticks, which are also known as deer ticks, and American dog ticks.

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