By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Less than one month after reporting their first Powassan virus infection of the year, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has confirmed...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the past couple weeks, a number of tickborne disease reports came out of the Northeastern United States, and I’m not including Lyme disease. Four Powassan...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Maine saw the first case of Powassan virus infection in 2021 in a Waldo County resident who likely became infected in Maine, according to the Maine Center for Disease...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention received confirmation this week from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that an adult resident of Cumberland...

By Jory Lange The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) issued a health advisory after identifying a case of acute hepatitis A virus infection in a Saco, Maine, food service worker....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported a record more than 2,000 Lyme disease cases in 2019 and officials announce during this Lyme...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Maine Centers for Disease Control (Maine CDC) saw a sharp increase in hepatitis A cases from 2018 to 2019– climbing from nine in 2018 to 45 in 2019. Twelve cases were...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received a record number of Lyme disease case reports from health providers in 2019, with 2,079 cases as...

In a follow-up on the status of the Kay Hagan Tick Act, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that legislation they authored to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and...

On Thursday, the Senate Health Committee voted to advance legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tina Smith (D-MN) to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment...