Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo's false claims that mRNA coronavirus vaccines contaminate DNA imperils lives as respiratory viruses surge this winter.

Flu cases are climbing rapidly and are expected to peak sometime in January or February, said Maine CDC Director Dr. Puthiery Va.

But conditions are not expected to become as severe this winter as they were at the hospitalization peak in January 2022.

The decline in COVID-19 deaths drove 84% of the increase in life expectancy, CDC researchers said.

Nearly 3,200 defendants have been charged with COVID-19 relief fraud, according to the U.S. Justice Department. About $1.4 billion in stolen pandemic aid has been seized.

The health care workforce shrank at the same time demand exploded, and patients say finding a provider is 'pretty much impossible.'

Appointments can be hard to get, but health officials are urging people to be persistent and get the vaccine to protect against the most severe effects of the disease.

Two employees of the jail in Madison also tested positive for the virus, and administrators have taken steps to prevent further spread.

London's free newspaper scene is unique. No other major global city has 3 free newspapers with such large circulations.

More than 20,000 Maine students were left out of the pandemic relief program that provided up to $120 per child to spend on food.

A successful public health response requires the perspectives of individuals who have studied how to help ensure that more people get health services that work.

'All I could think of is that this was a scam,' Betsy Mayo, of Gray, said of the EBT card her 11-year-old daughter – and roughly 150,000 other schoolchildren in the state – recently received.

Patients with health insurance who paid for their vaccines should seek reimbursement.

At total of 17 inmates housed at the Portland facility have tested positive for the virus.

Orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and the no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.

I could take time off from my job to recover without forgoing pay. Millions aren’t so fortunate.

Restricting searches on terms like ‘COVID’ is a flawed response to the challenge social platforms face balancing public safety and free expression.

The vaccine is recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older and some pharmacies are offering limited appointments for the shots.

While some individual schools and colleges have implemented temporary mask requirements, federal and state leaders don't appear to be considering widespread COVID-19 restrictions with the pandemic over.

Federal regulators approved the latest COVID-19 vaccine this week, and shots are expected to be available within days.

Experts worry that immunity from previous vaccinations and infections is fading in many people, and a new shot would save many lives.

A scathing federal report has found New Jersey's two state-run veterans homes were unprepared to keep residents safe during the COVID-19 outbreak, violating their constitutional rights to reasonable care while in state custody.

Anyone still dragging their heels on booster shots should reconsider in a few weeks.

Case counts are up to roughly 50 to 150 positive tests reported a day and wastewater testing is showing much higher concentrations in most Maine counties, including a large spike in Cumberland County.

According to the investigation, former Sen. Andy Sanborn fraudulently obtained $844,000 in funding from the Small Business Administration between December 2021 and February 2022.

In many people, long COVID may actually be ‘long Lyme,’ and better diagnosis and treatment of both diseases are vital – especially in Maine, with the nation’s highest Lyme rate.

While only about a dozen cases of the new BA.2.86 variant have been reported worldwide – including three in the U.S. – experts say this variant requires intense monitoring.

There has been no comprehensive debrief on how federal and local governments messed this up.

Latest booster shot targeting the Eris variant should be available in late September or early October.

I wasn’t prepared for my COVID symptoms to include visions of flying mammals.

Attributing an increase in cases to people moving indoors doesn’t make much sense. What does?

Coronavirus subvariant EG.5, nicknamed 'Eris,' is a descendant of Omicron, and it is also becoming dominant in Britain.

The 39 public libraries are scattered around the state and will receive $5,000 to $100,000 apiece.

Homeless kids often fell through the cracks during the tumult of the COVID pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable housing.

Employees could face disciplinary action, including being fired, if they do not comply, a company memo says.

Scientists found a common version of an immunity gene that seems to help some people clear the virus faster.

The long-awaited intelligence report also serves as a reproach to the news organizations that bought into the theory, despite the utter lack of evidence for it.

Based in Guilford, Puritan had become one of the top two swab manufacturers in the world, but orders have decreased dramatically as the COVID-19 pandemic has receded, forcing the company to downsize.

The caseload in Kennebec County courts is 67% higher than it was pre-pandemic, with 2,343 cases pending.

Student scores released Wednesday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress show the single largest drop in math in 50 years.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has reimbursed Maine more than $282 million for coronavirus-related expenses.

Sixty-six cases of COVID-19 have been reported since May 14 among staff and residents at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence.

Three judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court's decision to throw out a legal challenge to the state's COVID-19 mandate for health care workers.

The company, one of the largest makers of screening tests for the disease, has been scaling back as demand for the products has dwindled, laying off more than 800 people over the last 2 years.

In Maine, Shah was a great communicator and a true public servant, which is just what the CDC needs.

Look to a country’s medical profile, not its national wealth, for protection against coronavirus mortality.

While the White House has threatened to veto Republican’s debt ceiling bill, the administration has signaled a willingness to consider other budget caps.

The winding down of the Biden administration’s coronavirus response highlights long-standing vulnerabilities of system that fails to provide reliable information in disease outbreaks, experts warn.

The state will still update COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths.