The agency said 43 percent of the 667 animals tested for rabies in 2024 were bats, and 10 tested positive. Maine's last ...

State law requires most of the surplus be directed to the 'rainy day fund,' transportation projects and MaineCare programs.

The cooler, less humid summers of our past are gone. We must recognize the impact that climate change has on our health.

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

PORTLAND (WGME) -- A Maine resident has tested positive for a tick-borne illness. It's the first confirmed case identified in a person in Maine this year. The Maine CDC says an adult in Hancock County ...

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

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

An adult in Hancock County became infected with Powassan virus and was hospitalized after developing neurologic symptoms.

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

NEED TO KNOW The cause of death for paddleboarder Sunshine Stewart, 48, has been revealed by police after she was found dead during a search of Crawford Pond in Union, Maine on July 3 The Office ...