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 ...

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.

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

Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-induced allergy to meat and dairy.

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

A Maynard girl’s life was drastically changed after contracting Powassan virus from a tick bite in 2019. Her family urges ...

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.

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.

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