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 ...
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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Anti-smoking spending by state, mapped
Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Only a single state — Maine — is funding its anti-tobacco efforts at or above the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-recommended level, a new report finds. Why ...
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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 ...
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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 ...