Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC ...

There are no specific treatments for either Powassan or West Nile virus; care focuses on managing symptoms and complications, ...

The agency said 43 percent of the 667 animals tested for rabies in 2024 were bats, and 10 tested positive. Maine's last ...

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has also reported the season's first case of West Nile virus, which was ...

The vast majority of the 27 positive tests have come from people in Bangor who have either been homeless, injection drug ...

Health officials say a case of the Powassan Virus was discovered in Hancock County. In York County, the West Nile Virus was ...

Maine CDC staff were working through a backlog of more than 2,400 positive test results as of Wednesday, so the 620 new cases represent infections reported over multiple days rather than during ...

More than 190,000 individuals – or 14.4 percent of Maine’s population – had received at least one dose of vaccine as of Friday morning, according to the Maine CDC.

The Maine CDC expected to receive 36,690 doses of vaccine this week, which is the maximum amount authorized to the state under the federal government’s population-based distribution system.

As of Tuesday, the Maine CDC had detected 153 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the United Kingdom as well as 22 cases of the P.1 variant from Brazil and three cases of the South ...

Maine CDC's director says robust supplies and ample appointment slots mean people who are 50 or older should try to get shots as younger Mainers wait for the eligibility window to open wider.

Within hours of the state's announcement, the U.S. CDC posted new data that changed the Maine counties where mask wearing is recommended. Posted July 28, 2021 Updated July 28, 2021 ...