Powassan virus: Maine man in his 50s dies from rare tickborne illness
TOPSHAM, Maine - Maine has reported its first death this year from a rare tickborne illness. Robert Weymouth, a 58-year-old Topsham man who was bor...
TOPSHAM, Maine - Maine has reported its first death this year from a rare tickborne illness. Robert Weymouth, a 58-year-old Topsham man who was born in Medford, Massachusetts, died on Sunday of Powassan virus, his obituary said. The Maine CDC said this was the first case of Powassan identified in the state this year. Only 15 cases have been documented in Maine since 2015, and it's the third recorded Powassan death in the state since then. The agency said the man was likely infected in Maine by a deer tick or woodchuck tick.