Whooping cough update

Pertussis (whooping cough) is a cyclical disease that continues to affect a significant number of Maine residents. Maine CDC issued a healt...

Public Health Update 7/24/14

Mosquito-borne diseases EEE and WNV   Arboviral diseases, including Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile virus (WNV), are very se...

Infectious disease update

Giardia Giardiasis is a diarrheal disease caused by parasites, and it is the most common infectious diarrheal illness reported in Maine. So...

Whooping cough update

Pertussis (whooping cough) is a cyclical disease that continues to affect a significant number of Maine residents. Maine CDC issued an updat...

Maine CDC Public Health Update 12/13/12

Pertussis (whooping cough) Thirty cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been reported in children younger than 1 year old in Maine so far...

Pertussis (whooping cough) update 7/26/12

Pertussis is endemic in the United States. Although cyclical in nature, a gradual and sustained increase has been observed in the United Sta...

Pertussis (whooping cough) update 6/14/12

Maine, like many other states, has been experiencing an increasing number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases over the past year. Maine CDC ...

Pertussis (whooping cough) update 6/7/12

There have been a total of 111* pertussis cases reported statewide through June 6, 2012, compared to 50 reported cases in 2011 during the sa...