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

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

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

A Boston baby is hospitalized with seizures and brain damage after a tick bite on Martha's Vineyard may have led to Powassan ...

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

A rare tick-borne virus has put the life of a newborn at risk in Massachusetts, US . Although there is no cure for the virus, healthcare professionals are all holding out hope.

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

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.

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.

Tiffany Sisco said her daughter, Lilly, had seizures because of the suspected virus and is receiving intensive care.