COVID-19

When comparing general health to previous years, 2024 was a relatively healthy year overall. However, here in Maine, we saw an uptick in a particular disease!

Concerns are growing among health officials over a newly identified and highly mutated COVID variant, which appears to be more lethal than previous strains.

The CDC has dubbed this new variant the 'most widely circulating variant in the United States.'

The list was compiled by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Maine residents may now reorder free COVID-19 test kits through Project Access COVID Tests (ACT), the Mills Administration announced on Wednesday.

The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 in Maine on Tuesday climbed to the highest level in five weeks, according to the latest data from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Aroostook County had the highest rate of COVID-19 infection of any Maine county in the first week of July, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A Maine softball player from Skowhegan senior reached new heights by earning not one but two of the most prestigious awards in one year.

We have officially entered the Wordle phase of the pandemic.

As noted in the memo, the guidelines for contact tracing were recently changed by the Maine CDC and Department of Education. Schools that are requiring masks do not need to conduct contact tracing around those who have tested positive.