NewsDesk @bactiman63 Animal Health officials with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) are working closely with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Following a rise in animals testing positive for rabies in the state since the start of this year, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) urges Maine people...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife reported last week on a woman who brought a juvenile raccoon into the Auburn Petco on Mt. Auburn Ave to have its nails trimmed on...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has confirmed a fatal case of Powassan virus disease in a Sagadahoc County resident. The adult developed neurologic...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and Maine officials have issued a health advisory on Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases. Ticks are already active this year. As the weather...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Maine health officials issued a health advisory Friday after a child tested positive for measles by PCR. The individual is now isolated at home. Potentially exposed individuals should...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Maine health officials report cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, are on the rise in the state. In the first three months of 2023, providers reported nineteen cases of pertussis,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a recent paper in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), authors report U.S. babesiosis incidence significantly increased in northeastern states in the past...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic tickborne parasitic disease in the United States and occurs primarily in the Northeast and Midwest. According to a recent Morbidity and Mortality...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Syphilis rates in the United States  have been increasing since 2012. From 2012 through 2021, the rate of syphilis cases increased by 224% in the U.S. and by 405% in Maine. According...