Tobacco use and nicotine addiction take an enormous financial toll on individuals, families and communities in our state. Smoking-related illnesses cost Maine more than $811 million every year in ...

A new report says that Maine's state goal of eradicating lead poisoning by 2030 will not be realized until 2050.

Hannah Reidel received the email at 5:30 p.m. last Saturday — she was one of thousands being fired by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Trump administration. Reidel, 24, ...

The study provides growing evidence of the threat it poses even when cats have no direct exposure to sick dairy cows or ...

"If a State Fire Marshall cannot tell the difference between these detectors, how can I be expected to?" the daycare owner ...

Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios The fatal drug overdose rate fell 4% nationwide from 2022 to 2023, per new CDC data — but grew notably out West and up in Alaska. Why it matters: Overdose deaths seem to be ...

Influenza continues to spread rapidly in Maine, with more than 2,000 confirmed cases last week, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. Maine recorded 2,028 cases of influenza for ...

Influenza continues to spread rapidly in Maine, with more than 2,000 confirmed cases last week, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Scott Gagnon, who helped connect New England states with mental health and addiction resources, spoke out about the impacts ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (WABI) - The former head of the Maine CDC is stepping down from his position at the US CDC. Maine Public ...

The law’s supporters describe the three days as a “cooling off period.” In Maine, 90% of gun deaths are suicides, and 56% of suicides are carried out with guns, according to a 2023 Maine Department of ...

Yesterday, Director of Health Services Christine Mahoney wrote in an email to students that the Maine Center for Disease ...