The article A Rare Tick-Borne Illness May Have Surfaced On Martha's Vineyard appeared first on Falmouth Patch. MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA — A "rare but serious" case of a tick-borne illness has potentially ...

Tiffany Sisco, who declined to be interviewed by ABC News, told Boston ABC station WCVB that she found a tick on her ...

The West Tisbury Emergency Management Department said that Powassan virus was being investigated on Martha’s Vineyard. The ...

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

A Massachusetts mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials recently said is under investigation ...

An unsettling update to a suspected case of Powassan virus found on Martha’s Vineyard.Tonight – we’ve learned the patient who ...

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

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

Newborn on Martha's Vineyard suspected to have rare Powassan virus after a tick bite; family waits for test results.

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.

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

A 5-week-old infant named Lily has been diagnosed with a suspected case of Powassan virus, a rare tick-borne illness.