Rare Powassan virus case in Maine highlights serious tick-borne illness with no vaccine or treatment, causing neurological ...

There are no specific treatments for either Powassan or West Nile virus; care focuses on managing symptoms and complications, ...

PORTLAND (WGME) -- A Maine resident has tested positive for a tick-borne illness. It's the first confirmed case identified in a person in Maine this year. The Maine CDC says an adult in Hancock County ...

AUGUSTA - The Maine CDC has identified the first West Nile and Powassan virus cases of the season. They say an adult resident ...

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has also reported the season's first case of West Nile virus, which was ...

Powassan virus can be transmitted through the bite of an infected deer tick or woodchuck tick. The virus was first identified in 1958 and was first found in deer ticks, which bite humans and also ...

All across the commonwealth residents and visitors alike are getting outside and enjoying the great weather. Pennsylvania’s ...

The Powassan positive ticks were found in Newton, Carlisle and Mattapoisett, the company told WBZ-TV. There have been 16 Powassan cases in Massachusetts over the past decade, according to the ...

From 2016 through 2020, there were 134 Powassan cases reported to the CDC, which is more than triple the 44 cases reported over the previous five-year period, from 2011 through 2015, data shows.

Officials from the state Department of Health said Powassan virus infection was added to the list of reportable diseases in Connecticut on Jan. 1 and four cases have been reported to state.

Between 2017 to 2021, 12 people became ill and two died from Powassan virus in Connecticut. Humans become infected with Powassan through the bite of an infected deer or woodchuck tick.