The new year brings with it a new, improved Get Ready Blog

Planning ahead  is a crucial component of emergency preparedness. Staying informed and knowing where to access information is key to your fa...

Food safety

About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick; 128,000 are hospitalized; and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according ...

8 Tricks for Boosting Your Metabolism

Remember how, during your teens and 20s, you could eat practically anything and not gain a pound? Now that you're hovering around middle...

Now That's What I Call Blogging

Blogging with attitude, blogging with a fuck you attitude, and unapologetic with it. I've been wanting to up a link to this site for a f...

Increase in pertussis

Since November 1, 2010, there have been 14 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) reported to Maine CDC. Cases have been reported in Cumberl...

Influenza Update

A report detailing Maine CDC’s response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and recommendations for similar events is now available on our web site...

I Hope It Gets a Fair Trial, None of Your Sharia Nonsense Now

I just love stories like this from the land of darkness. It doesn't give the gender of of the thing, but I hope it ain't female. At ...

Red Christmas

New acting director at Maine CDC

Stephen D. Sears, MD, MPH is the Acting Director of Maine CDC. Dr. Sears has been the State Epidemiologist for almost a year. A well-kno...