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

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

An adult in Hancock County became infected with Powassan virus and was hospitalized after developing neurologic symptoms.

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

The CDC says they've also identified case of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease, in a bird in York County. Officials say steps to prevent these diseases are similar. They include wearing bug ...

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

Health officials say a case of the Powassan Virus was discovered in Hancock County. In York County, the West Nile Virus 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 ...

An adult in Hancock County became infected with Powassan virus and was hospitalized after developing neurologic symptoms, ...