Reported flu cases in Maine double over 2 weeks
Meanwhile, COVID-19 is showing up at 'very high' levels in wastewater tests, even as COVID hospitalizations remain flat.
Maine CDC change to needle-exchange program displaces need for services
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness reports seeing an increase in need for their syringe-exchange program after the Maine CDC ...
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Effective immediately: CDC can't talk to WHO. What will that mean for world health?
Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health Organization.
End of prominent syringe-exchange service in Bangor causes ripple effects
This comes after the Maine CDC suspended and later revoked HEAL's syringe exchange certification for all sites in Bangor, ...
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Maine’s violence prevention office begins work establishing data hub
Maine’s newly established Office of Injury and Violence Prevention has started its work. Jamie Bourque, an infectious disease expert and longtime employee of the Maine CDC, will lead the office as ...
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Maine CDC offers tips on how to avoid respiratory illnesses
PORTLAND (WGME) -- The Maine CDC says we're in the full swing of respiratory illnesses. Maine is seeing cases of COVID, the flu, RSV and whooping cough all at once. The CDC says there have been ...
American Lung Association gives Maine mixed grades in annual tobacco report
The American Lung Association (ALA) released its annual "State of Tobacco Control" for Maine on Wednesday. For 23 years, the nonprofit has graded states and the federal government in five categories ...