MAINE, USA — The federal government is pulling the plug on half a billion dollars in mRNA vaccine research funding — a move ...

Bats, ecologically and economically important, suffered through the 2010s. But experts are cautiously optimistic about the ...

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

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 ...

Officials with the Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services will be distributing oral rabies vaccine for wildlife in ...

Maine CDC data suggests people who are homeless, have low incomes or are sick also face higher health risks when it is ...

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

There was some initial confusion when the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention updated its data just after 8 a.m. Wednesday and reported only 300 cases and nine deaths. About two hours ...

Maine’s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases declined slightly Tuesday – falling to 162 from an average of 174 cases per day early last week – as the Maine CDC reported 363 new cases ...

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.