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Rare tick-borne Powassan virus suspected of infecting newborn on Martha’s Vineyard: “She is still fighting”

WBZ, TIFFANY SISCO, STATION FILE, CNN By Neal Riley, Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story     Massachusetts (WBZ) — 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 that can be fatal,

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Rare tick-borne Powassan virus suspected of infecting newborn on Martha’s Vineyard: “She is still fighting”

By Neal Riley, Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story     Massachusetts (WBZ) — 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 that can be fatal, local health officials say. Lily Sisco

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Age-progressed image of Lester Eubanks.

U.S. Marshals extract DNA that could help renew search for escaped inmate Lester Eubanks

By Courtney Shaw Click here for updates on this story     CLEVELAND (WEWS) — U.S. Marshals announced that after 60 years investigators were able to extract DNA from escaped inmate Lester Eubanks’ clothes and enter it into the Combined DNA Index System. Eubanks’ whereabouts have been unknown since the 1970s. On November 14, 1965, 14-year-old Mary

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