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

Some areas will see heat reach into the high 90s, while it will stay a bit cooler along the coast. Cooling centers are ...

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

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

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has also reported the season's first case of West Nile virus, which was ...

Rare Powassan virus case in Maine highlights serious tick-borne illness with no vaccine or treatment, causing neurological ...

Health officials say a case of the Powassan Virus was discovered in Hancock County. In York County, the West Nile Virus was ...

Public health officials say a Hancock County resident was hospitalized with Powassan, and a crow with West Nile virus was ...

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

Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC ...

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

The Maine CDC recommends, when entering tick habitat, using Environmental Protection Agency-approved repellant, wearing light-colored long sleeved shirts and pants, and tucking the pants into socks.