Connecticut Resident Dies from Rare Tick-Borne Virus — the Second U.S. Fatality This Year
Photo: Getty The resident — a woman in her 90s — died on May 17 from Powassan virus infection (POWV) due to a tick bite. Two weeks after the tick was removed, the woman experienced a number of symptoms including fever, altered mental status, headache, chills, rigors, chest pain and nausea. Connecticut also reported another case of POWV in March where the patient, a man in his 50s, recovered from the illness....