-
PublishedDecember 4, 2022
RSV may be peaking in Maine, but flu hospitalizations are on the rise
Maine is seeing an increase in influenza cases and hospitalizations.
-
PublishedNovember 30, 2022
More than half of all flu cases reported this season are from last week
There have been more than 1,650 influenza cases reported to the Maine CDC since early October, with nearly 860 reported last week.
-
PublishedNovember 16, 2022
Flu cases and hospitalizations surging to our south, and headed north
Maine is so far seeing low numbers of flu cases this fall, but Mainers shouldn't expect to dodge the flu for much longer, experts say. 'Flu is on the way here,' says Dr. Dora Anne Mills of MaineHealth.
-
PublishedOctober 7, 2022
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.
-
PublishedMarch 23, 2021
Silver lining of pandemic: No flu deaths and only 3 hospitalizations this season
By this time last year, Maine had recorded 36 deaths and 494 hospitalizations. Experts say COVID-19 safety measures and an aggressive flu vaccine push last fall likely caused the precipitous drop.
-
PublishedJanuary 1, 2021
Maine flu cases plummet
Maine had more than 900 confirmed flu cases by this time last year. So far this season there are 47.
-
PublishedNovember 23, 2020
Flu shot requirement for Maine health care workers meets resistance from some nurses
The rule proposed by the Maine CDC could pave the way for COVID-19 vaccine requirements for health care workers in an emergency.
-
PublishedOctober 30, 2020
Sanford superintendent says flu vaccine provider failed to check for parents’ signature
Matt Nelson says three students got shots without their parents' consent because the provider didn't notice that the permission forms hadn't been signed or the signature had been crossed out.
-
PublishedOctober 1, 2020
High demand for flu shots? Experts hope to avoid ‘twindemic’
A record number of flu vaccine doses are on the way, between 194 million and 198 million for the U.S. alone.
-
PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
Maine reports first flu-related death of child in 2019-20 season
The child was younger than 5 and had not been vaccinated.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 6
- Next Page →