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 ...

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

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

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

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

Through July 28, Lyme disease cases were tracking 20% ahead of the same time frame last year, according to the Maine CDC ...

A record share of U.S. kindergartners had an exemption for a required vaccination last school year, and coverage for all ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement before becoming the U.S.

The CDC says they've also identified case of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease, in a bird in York County. Officials say steps to prevent these diseases are similar. They include wearing bug ...

This undated provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer ...