Maine CDC change to needle-exchange program displaces need for services
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness reports seeing an increase in need for their syringe-exchange program after the Maine CDC ...
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Effective immediately: CDC can't talk to WHO. What will that mean for world health?
Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health Organization.
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Maine’s violence prevention office begins work establishing data hub
Maine’s newly established Office of Injury and Violence Prevention has started its work. Jamie Bourque, an infectious disease ...
End of prominent syringe-exchange service in Bangor causes ripple effects
This comes after the Maine CDC suspended and later revoked HEAL's syringe exchange certification for all sites in Bangor, ...
First avian flu case of the year detected in Maine
The year’s first detection of H5N1, commonly known as avian or bird flu, has been found in Maine, according to our media partners, WMTW. The Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife says the virus ...
American Lung Association gives Maine mixed grades in annual tobacco report
The American Lung Association (ALA) released its annual "State of Tobacco Control" for Maine on Wednesday. For 23 years, the nonprofit has graded states and the federal government in five categories ...