Public health officials are investigating whether a newborn girl on Martha’s Vineyard contracted the serious but rare tick-borne disease.

A Massachusetts mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials recently said is under investigation for having a rare tick-borne virus infection.

A Massachusetts mother has identified her newborn daughter, who has a possible case of Powassan virus, which is under investigation by health officials on Martha's Vineyard. Health officials did not disclose where on the island the patient lives,