A Hidden Tick Bite, a Rare Virus, and a Tragic Loss: One Family’s Warning About Powassan Disease
The earliest signs did not raise immediate concern. It began with a low-grade fever and a lingering sense of fatigue that felt ordinary and easy to overlook. It resembled the kind of brief illness many people experience and recover from without a second thought. What went unnoticed was the true origin of that discomfort—a tiny…