The agency also offers advice on organizing and attending big gatherings such as concerts, sporting events, protests and political rallies.
Health
Customers of Saco restaurant warned about hepatitis A exposure
Patrons who ate food from the Sea Salt Lobster Restaurant between May 12 and May 23 are considered at risk because a worker tested positive.
Maine still not providing basic COVID-19 metric but releases zip-code infection data
The Maine CDC is unable to provide full testing data each day but released zip-code level case counts and a searchable map Wednesday evening
CVS to launch COVID-19 testing at 4 Maine pharmacies Friday
Customers can get self-administered tests at drive-through windows at some CVS locations as the state ramps up testing.
Most Medicare enrollees could get insulin for $35 a month
Older adults who pick a drug plan offering the new insulin benefit would pay a maximum of $35 a month starting next year, a savings estimated at $446 annually.
New cases spiking in southern Maine, raising concerns that COVID-19 is resurging
Androscoggin County’s daily trend has risen nearly 15-fold in recent weeks, while Cumberland County’s has tripled.
Portland’s major hospitals see sharp increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations
But cases at most other hospitals across Maine remained flat over the past week.
Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him
Twice this week, Trump has dismissed the findings of studies and suggested – without evidence – that their authors were motivated by politics.
Maine fails to deliver online inspections as restaurants reopen in pandemic
Officials planned to update the state’s inspections database five years ago, but it still hasn’t happened.
Maine CDC adds detailed pandemic data, promises more soon
Maine is the only state that’s not providing daily negative test data, and alone in New England in not reporting cases by town.