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Illness linked to tick bite kills ex-N. Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan at 66
Hagan died after a three-year battle with encephalitis, which had been caused by Powassan virus, her family said.
Former North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan died Monday at the age of 66, NBC News has confirmed.
Hagan, a Democrat, served one term in the Senate from 2009 to 2015 after defeating Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008. She lost her seat in her first re-election race, in 2014, to Thom Tillis. Prior to her time in Congress, she served a decade in the North Carolina state Senate.
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Hagan’s family said Hagan had died after a three-year battle with encephalitis, a brain inflammation that can be fatal. Sixty six is a little young to be kicking the bucket. Answer: stay out of the woods.
'Powassan virus is a flavivirus transmitted by ticks, found in North America and in the Russian Far East. It is named after the town of Powassan, Ontario, where it was identified in a young boy who eventually died from it. It can cause encephalitis, an infection of the brain. No vaccine or antiviral drug exists.'
Powassan virus - Wikipedia
Not a nice way to go, fighting an awful & untreatable disease for 3 years until you die.
Hagan died after a three-year battle with encephalitis, which had been caused by Powassan virus, her family said.
Former North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan died Monday at the age of 66, NBC News has confirmed.
Hagan, a Democrat, served one term in the Senate from 2009 to 2015 after defeating Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008. She lost her seat in her first re-election race, in 2014, to Thom Tillis. Prior to her time in Congress, she served a decade in the North Carolina state Senate.
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Hagan’s family said Hagan had died after a three-year battle with encephalitis, a brain inflammation that can be fatal. Sixty six is a little young to be kicking the bucket. Answer: stay out of the woods.
'Powassan virus is a flavivirus transmitted by ticks, found in North America and in the Russian Far East. It is named after the town of Powassan, Ontario, where it was identified in a young boy who eventually died from it. It can cause encephalitis, an infection of the brain. No vaccine or antiviral drug exists.'
Powassan virus - Wikipedia
Not a nice way to go, fighting an awful & untreatable disease for 3 years until you die.