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

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported the hospitalization of the unnamed Hancock County ...

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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 ...

Public health officials say a Hancock County resident was hospitalized with Powassan, and a crow with West Nile virus was ...

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

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