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Person dies from tick-borne virus in Bayfield County The patient was one of three Powassan virus cases reported in Wisconsin so far this year, all of which required hospitalization.
One dead from tickborne Powassan virus; state health officials urge early testing 3 people were hospitalized this month The API failed to deliver the resource.
Powassan is a rare, but serious disease. Its rarity presents a challenge to those who study it. Research in a lab setting requires strict safety controls and investments that are hard to come by ...
A hepatitis A outbreak tied to food and person-to-person transmission has sickened over 2,000 people and killed nine across four major European travel destinations.
POWV is a tickborne virus spread by the blacklegged (deer) tick, the same tick that spreads Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and several other diseases in Wisconsin.
THE virus that causes rabies has been found in a bat in a back garden in Britain. The rodent was found in Shorwell on the Isle of Wight and tested tested positive for European Bat Lyssavirus-1 (EBL… ...
Nationally, Powassan virus cases are most common in the northeast and Great Lakes regions, including northern Wisconsin.
The injured bat rescued from a back garden in Shorwell on the Isle of Wight was found to have an extremely rare rabies-like virus, according to the Department of Environment and Rural Affairs ...
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Health officials will be spraying in a portion of Dayton Tuesday after mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile Virus. Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery Coun… ...
Hepatitis A outbreak in popular European destinations has sickened thousands, primarily affecting unvaccinated individuals and those with limited healthcare access.