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

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 ...

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

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has also reported the season's first case of West Nile virus, which was ...

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

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

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 ...

MAINE (WABI) - A child in Maine has died from the flu. According to the Maine CDC, they were notified of the influenza-associated pediatric death on March 19th.

As part of Maine Gov. Paul LePage's two-year budget cuts, the state Center for Disease Control and Prevention has eliminated 44 public health positions, according to the Portland Press Herald.

WATERVILLE, Maine (WABI) - Dr. Nirav Shah, who rose to national prominence during the pandemic as director of the Maine CDC, will now be joining Colby College in the fall.