Twelve ways to have a healthy holiday season

US CDC offers 12 simple tips for staying health this holiday season and all year long: Wash hands often to help prevent the spread of germs....

Child immunization rates

A recent U.S. CDC report shows that Maine’s vaccination rates for 19-35-month-olds are the best in the nation.  These results are a cause fo...

Get Ready Mailbag: What do I need to know about the measles outbreak?

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Check out t...

5 reasons you still need a flu vaccination

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Make pencils #2 to immunizations on your back to school list

CDC / James Gatheny It’s that time of year again. Children and teens are heading back to school after summer break. As parents are preparing...

Immunizations: why you need to stay up to date

Imagine that there’s a virus that makes you very sick, or may even kill you. This virus is easy to spread to other people. And because it’s ...

Get the facts about the Flu and Flu Vaccine

Today’s guest blog is by Michael Jhung, MD, MPH, MS, a medical officer for the Surveillance and Outbreak Response Team in the Influenza Divi...

The benefits of getting your flu vaccination

Winter — aka flu season in the U.S.— is here and let’s face it, the flu is no fun . Fever, cough, aches, pains: ugh! Luckily, there’s a grea...

Now’s the time to update your vaccinations

Fall is here, and that means the school year is well underway. One of the most important ways to prepare your kids for school is to keep up ...

August is National Immunization Awareness Month

The back-to-school rush is well underway. In fact, for some students, summer vacation is already over. With August observed as National Immu...

Influenza Vaccine Coverage Among Health Care Workers

Each influenza season, health care workers (HCW) become infected with the flu, an infectious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruse...

Immunization recommendations

Each year, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) develops recommendations for routine use of vaccines in children, adolesc...

Universal childhood immunizations

Public Law 2009-595 went into effect on January 1. This law reinstated the universal status of childhood immunizations in Maine. As part of ...

National Immunization Awareness Month

We all need immunizations (also called vaccines or shots) to help protect us from serious diseases. Shots can prevent infectious diseases li...

New immunization recommendations

  In early February 2012, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) rec...

Influenza Update 10/27/11

Maine CDC reminds everyone to take everyday preventive measures against influenza: •           Wash your hands •           Cover your cough ...

School-based flu vaccine clinics

Maine CDC has received a two-year, $1.25 million cooperative agreement award from US CDC to enhance the sustainability of school-located v...

Influenza Update

There were four new outbreaks of influenza in the week ending March 19, compared with nine the previous week. There has been one pediatric...

Influenza Update 3/3/11

Surveillance Flu is widespread in Maine. In the week ending Feb. 19, there were 12 new outbreaks – 10 in long term care facilities, 1 ...

Update on Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Recommended Immunization Schedules for Children Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued its annual Recommended Im...