The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that it has received a report of a positive measles lab result in a child and is awaiting confirmation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While the bills to reintroduce religious and philosophic exemptions for school vaccines have little chance of passing, advocates on both sides packed a daylong hearing before the Legislature's Education Committee.
While the bills to reintroduce religious and philosophic exemptions for school vaccines have little chance of passing, advocates on both sides packed a daylong hearing before the Legislature's Education Committee.
At its Nov. 10 meeting the Maine Vaccine Board recognized Tonya Philbrick-Labbe of Sidney for her role in promoting and advancing childhood vaccines statewide through Maine’s Universal Childhood Immunization Program and her close collaboration with the board. Philbrick-Labbe previously led the Maine Immunization Program and the State’s COVID-19 vaccine efforts as the former Senior Health […]
AUGUSTA The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) today identified an influenza-associated pediatric death, the first to date in Maine during the 2021-22 influenza season. The child tested positive for influenza A.