Brunswick police say a 5-year-old girl, three adults and a dog were attacked and injured by a fox Friday afternoon on Moody Road, the latest in a series of encounters with rabid animals in Brunswick and the midcoast this summer. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has counted 42 confirmed cases of rabies […]
Maine CDC
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Maine CDC: Mainers not affected by lead test recall
Health officials in Maine are assuring the public that child lead poisoning tests used in the state are accurate, after a widely-used blood test was the subject of a government recall last year. An article Thursday in USA Today stated that as many as 7 million tests performed on children nationwide between 2014 and May 2017, […]
advertisement
Posted inMaine
Maine CDC reports increase in hepatitis A cases
Maine has seen a recent increase in hepatitis A cases, with four during the past three months, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday. While the year-to-date number of cases – six – is normal, “this increase in cases is unusual for this length of time,” the Maine CDC said in a […]
Posted inMaine
Maine records two cases of encephalitis caused by ticks
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that the state has recorded two cases of encephalitis caused by a tick-borne disease. Officials announced Wednesday that the Maine CDC was notified last week of two cases of Powassan Encephalitis in adults in Maine’s Mid Coast. Both people are recovering at home […]
Posted inMaine
Maine CDC: ‘There’s still a lot of flu out there’
PORTLAND — Health officials say Maine has experienced a late-season flu surge with half of the state’s influenza cases happening in the month of March. Dr. Siiri Bennett, the state epidemiologist, tells the Portland Press Herald that “there’s still a lot of flu out there.” It been a busy season compared. Through April 1, Maine […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maine CDC reports flu cases in all 16 Maine counties
The Maine Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reports that the flu virus has been confirmed in all of Maine’s 16 counties. This year’s influenza vaccine appears to be a good match in fighting the strains reported to be circulating in Maine, according to Dr. Siiri Bennett, the state epidemiologist. The vaccine is still available […]
Posted inMaine
What happens when the state steps in?
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention will take a new and more influential role as the state moves toward a new law for blood-lead levels in children. The law change puts Maine in alignment with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for protecting against lead poisoning in children, and gives […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Kenneth Albert resigns as Maine CDC director
The man who has led the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for more than a year will resign his post for a private-sector job. Kenneth Albert, the agency’s director, resigned effective May 20, according to Maine CDC spokesman John Martins. He said the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is “working on […]
Posted inMaine
Hancock County resident tests positive for Zika virus
Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Distribution | HealthGrove Aedes Albopictus Mosquito Distribution | HealthGrove AUGUSTA — Maine health officials say a Hancock County resident has tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling to a country that’s dealing with an outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine CDC reorganizing
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention will spend the next year reorganizing its departments, operations and management to become more effective and to improve efficiency. Among the changes: * Centralizing operations for human resources, budget and fiscal accountability, quality assurance and performance improvement, policy analysis and other areas rather than having each division […]