Pennsylvania boy, 3, contracts rare tick-borne disease while swimming in a neighbor's pool - Daily Mail

Johnathan Simoson, 3, of Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania, was hospitalized for 12 days after a tick bit him while swimming in a neighbor's pool, transmitting the rare Powassan virus.

A Pennsylvania toddler caught a rare, tick-borne disease that left him hospitalized after the bug bit him while out swimming in a neighbor's pool.  Jamie Simoson, of Harveys Lake, said she was 'terr… [+5015 chars]

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