A rare tick-borne virus has killed one and hospitalized two others in Wisconsin so far this year, The News Tribune reports.

The virus, spread by ticks, can cause a disease that leads to swelling of the brain and permanent health problems in half of severe cases.

What to know about the Powassan virus disease, a tick-borne illness. The rare ailment, which tends to be much more serious than Lyme disease, is on the rise. May 26, 2023. 6 min.

Powassan is a virus, related to West Nile flavivirus, and is transmitted by ticks. While it is rare—diagnosed less than 50 times in the past 10 years—it is scary because it can cause ...

Powassan virus is rare compared to other tick-borne diseases that affect humans. Most infections are reported in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions, where the deer tick is active from late ...

It's rare but not impossible. A mysterious tick-borne virus is raising alarms in Wisconsin, and it's sending some people to ...

Doctors warn about tick-borne Powassan virus 01:28. Officials are alerting people about the Powassan virus disease, a non-treatable illness spread by ticks.The first fatal case of 2023 was ...

Of the 75 cases reported by the CDC between 2006 and 2015, 20 were in Minnesota. And five more cases occurred in the state in 2016, according to MDH.

This tick also carries and can spread two additional diseases which occur less commonly in Massachusetts: Borrelia miyamotoi and Powassan virus. The risk from tick-borne diseases in Massachusetts ...

A tick carrying the Powassan virus only needs 15 minutes or so to transmit the virus to someone it is biting. Two weeks after the tick was removed from her body, the woman began feeling ill.

With tick-borne viruses such as Powassan virus increasing in Canada, clinicians should consider these infections in patients with encephalitis, as a case study shows in the Canadian Medical ...

Reports of Powassan virus, a potentially fatal tick-borne illness that can have permanent neurological effects, are increasing across the country, including in Minnesota, which had 14 confirmed ...