A tick virus that needs only 15 minutes to infect you hit a record 76 US cases
Most people who worry about ticks are thinking about Lyme disease, which generally needs the tick attached for a day or two before it can infect you. Powassan virus — rarer, but far nastier — can do it in about 15 minutes. Khloe Quill reports for Fox News that the CDC logged 76 American cases in 2025, the highest annual total …
