Heartland virus disease is a relatively new tick-borne illness that was discovered in 2009. The virus is spread by the lone star tick in the American South and Midwest. Little is known about this ...

Powassan virus is a relatively rare tick-borne disease that can be deadly if it reaches the brain. It's transmitted by the deer tick, which also spreads Lyme disease. There is no specific treatment ...

The Heartland virus is circulating in ticks in Georgia, researchers warn. A new study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases last week and led by researchers from Emory University ...

Officials are alerting people about the Powassan virus disease, a non-treatable illness spread by ticks. The first fatal case of 2023 was confirmed in Maine. The Maine Center for Disease Control and ...

A newborn baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life at a Boston hospital after preliminary tests show she contracted Powassan virus, a rare but serious tick-borne disease ...

The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent years. Though Powassan is still rare, there were almost 300 confirmed cases in the United ...

The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) recently announced the state’s second case of Powassan virus infection (POWV) and first fatality in 2022, according to their press release. "This ...

HARVEYS LAKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s no secret that ticks are a big problem in Pennsylvania. Ticks are most commonly associated with the spread of Lyme disease. But the infection which ...

Scientists are warning of a new tick-borne disease called Wetland virus (WELV) that was recently discovered in China. A member of the orthonairovirus genus of viruses, WELV previously infected a man ...