Rare tick-borne virus with no cure spreads across the US as cases hit record high – how to avoid it

is forcing doctors to confront a nightmare scenario: a fast-transmitting tick bite that can lie silent for weeks before attacking the brain. Unlike Lyme disease, Powassan can be passed in as little as 15 minutes of attachment, leaving almost no margin for error. Once symptoms hit—fever, vomiting, weakness, confusion—there is no targeted drug to stop continue reading …