The former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention has returned to the state ahead of starting a teaching job as a visiting professor at Colby College in Waterville. Dr. Nirav ...

The number of drug overdose deaths nationwide in 2024 fell to the lowest level since 2019, according to data released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 80, ...

Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious ...

Maine bill would make oil companies pay into ‘climate superfund’ Similar climate superfunds in Vermont and New York, which impose fees on fossil fuel extractors and crude oiler refiners for ...

Between our highly targeted business journal that reaches 37,000 readers every two weeks, the more than 70,000 unique monthly viewers of the Mainebiz website ... with us and Maine’s business ...

(See conditions on website.) A collection of reflections and Christian meditation ... How to build resilience during Covid-19 crisis (Church Times). Fischy Music, which writes worship songs for ...

The Ministry of Health has published the 2025 vaccination schedule. The vaccine strategy aims to better protect children and youth from a resurgence of invasive meningococcal infections.

May 1—FARMINGTON — Dr. Nirav Dinesh Shah, former principal deputy director of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention and leader of the pandemic response in Maine during his time at ...

To help people stay healthy, the CDC issued updated pneumococcal vaccination recommendations for adults to expand eligibility. The following groups are recommended for vaccination: • All adults aged ...

Gerry Connolly, a Democrat from Virginia, sent a letter to CDC's acting director Dr. Susan Monarez on Thursday ... which sued the FDA for COVID-19 vaccine records under FOIA in 2023. As part of the ...

BREWER — In honor of Earth Day, Ellsworth-based nonprofit Downeast Horizons is rolling up its sleeves to help clean up communities across central Maine. “They just love it and they give back,” said ...

in Maine to expand coverage and eligibility for the Maine CDC Breast and Cervical Health Program (MBCHP) to include qualifying participants who are 21 to 34 years old and the addition of human ...