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Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Published
May 24, 2022

Public health officials warn of possible hepatitis A exposure at Skowhegan Walmart

A person who worked in the deli section of the store was found to have been sick with the contagious liver disease this month, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Published
April 28, 2022

Maine reports 464 new COVID-19 cases Thursday

After sharp increases early this week, hospitalizations declined slightly, from 136 to 132.
Published
April 4, 2022

Flocks at elevated risk for highly infectious avian flu in Maine

Strains of the virus have led the U.S. poultry industry to euthanize more than 15.6 million chickens and 1.3 million turkeys since Jan. 1. One Maine farm has lost 250 birds this year.
Published
February 15, 2022

Early state testing reveals high lead levels in Bath schools

Assistant Superintendent Katie Joseph said students are getting their drinking water from filtered water bottle filling stations.
Published
January 24, 2022

Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases

Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.

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Published
January 10, 2022

Drugs to treat high-risk patients in critically short supply as omicron surge hits Maine

A national shortage leaves Maine’s doctors with a tiny fraction of the monoclonal antibody treatments their patients could use.
Published
January 7, 2022

Bill Nemitz: Dr. Shah to the unvaccinated: It’s time we talked

Rather than condemn those who eschew COVID-19 shots, a Maine Public call-in show this week welcomed them with open arms.
Published
October 6, 2021

Maine reports another spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths, but backlog is nearly gone

The state reported 836 new cases and 29 additional deaths, but many of the cases and deaths date to previous weeks.
Published
September 30, 2021

Facing backlog of positive tests, Maine CDC reports highest single-day case increase of pandemic

Though researchers tracking the coronavirus say the state's case backlog can affect the ability to forecast, hospitals in Maine say it hasn't hindered their ability to plan so far.
Published
September 29, 2021

State reports 867 COVID-19 cases amid ‘signs of optimism’ that surge could ease

Daily case numbers appear likely to remain high in the coming days as the Maine CDC reviews a backlog of 2,500 positive test results reported over the past week.