Six months into her tenure, Dr. Puthiery Va has brought on more public health nurses to improve access to disease prevention programs.
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Posted inLocal & State
Hepatitis A outbreak spreads in Portland’s homeless encampments
While advocates for the homeless say the outbreak stems from a lack of access to clean water for drinking and bathing, city officials say the unsanitary conditions are why they have cleared encampments and are focused on getting people into shelters.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine sees sharp rise in rabies cases
Thirty cases have been documented since January, compared to 35 cases in all of 2022, the Maine CDC says.
Posted inLocal & State
State expands fish consumption warning for Maine waters due to ‘forever chemical’ contamination
The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention warned people last year to limit consumption of fish from several freshwater locations around the state, and announced Thursday that it has expanded the advisory to include new locations.
Posted inLocal & State
Influenza cases decline for 4th week in Maine
There were only 13 new hospitalizations for influenza, compared to 67 the previous week.
Posted inLocal & State
Numbers lag among Maine nursing home staff for receiving the latest COVID booster
The state is one of the most vaccinated in the country, but nursing home residents are far more updated for the latest shot than those who care for them.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Flu’s spread and severity remains severe across the region
Flu-associated hospitalizations in Androscoggin and Franklin counties each tripled last week compared to the week prior, with 15 patients and six patients admitted to hospitals, respectively.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
State’s top health officials encourage Mainers to stock up on at-home COVID tests ahead of holidays
Every Maine household is eligible to receive a free, at-home COVID-19 test kit every month. Each kit contains five rapid tests.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Wastewater surveillance remains a novel, yet important, tool for tracking the pandemic
‘One piece of the puzzle’: Ten months since Maine launched its wastewater surveillance program, experts are still figuring out the best way to use the data.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Flu season begins this month, but questions remain for what’s ahead
Typically cases peak in December or January, but the pandemic over the last two years has made Maine’s flu season anything but typical.