Powassan virus claims first death in US this year
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The deadly Powassan virus disease has claimed first death in the US this year. The victim hailed from Sagadahoc County in the US state of Maine. Health authorities in the US have sounded an alarm after the Maine Centre for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the death due to rare Powassan virus. According to The Independent, the deadly virus infects up to 25 people in the US every year.