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Maine commission calls for new probe of impacts of Agent Orange use at Base Gagetown
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Maine commission has called for a new probe of the historical use of Agent Orange and other...
Erie's air quality reaches unhealthy level due to smoke, soot from Canadian wildfires
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoErie continued to report its highest levels of air pollution in seven years as much of the...
Cases of yet another tick-borne disease are rising in the Northeast, CDC says
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoBabesiosis, a tick-borne disease that can be fatal in rare cases, is becoming more prevalent in the...
Climate change is already affecting Mainers' health, doctors say
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMay 27—Most Maine doctors believe that climate change poses a health risk to their patients, with some saying they are already treating patients for problems tied to rising temperatures and ...
Soaring RSV cases raise fears about hospital capacity with COVID rising and flu looming
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 29—Maine hospitals and pediatrician's offices are treating high numbers of children infected with RSV, a common respiratory virus that tends to cause more severe illness in infants and ...
Parents of Infants Hospitalized with RSV Detail 'Terrifying' Symptoms: 'Fighting for His Life'
The Today Show via AOL· 2 years agoAs the surge of the respiratory virus RSV spreads to even more parts of the country and continues to...
Flu cases and hospitalizations surging to our south, and headed north
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 16—Influenza is ravaging states in the South and is working its way up the East Coast, with high levels of flu as far north as Connecticut, federal data shows. Maine is so far seeing low ...
Bird flu outbreak is an 'evolving situation.' Here's what to know about symptoms, spread.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMany Americans are brimming with questions after officials in Texas last week announced the state's...
From the archives | Toxic air and America's schools: Health risks stack up for school kids near...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story originally published on Dec. 8, 2008. It is being republished as part of the...
UGA study of shelter dogs shows growing instances of illnesses caused by ticks, mosquitoes
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoLong the bane of pet owners’ existence, ticks and mosquitoes are expanding their geographic range...