LifeFlight of Maine says its pilots have encountered drones when approaching and departing Maine's major hospitals in Bangor, Lewiston, and Portland, putting pilots, patients and crews at risk.

A message on the health center's website says that two providers will relocate to Topsham Family Medicine. A third provider is leaving the practice.

The acting director of the U.S. CDC now says that vaccinations for meningitis, rotavirus, RSV, flu, and hepatitis A and B are now only recommended for high-risk groups or through what the administration calls "shared clinical decision making."

A new study from the University of Maine finds that establishing a public medical school in Penobscot County would not be financially feasible.

The Maine attorney general's office says that more than 478,000 people were affected by the data breach last spring at Covenant Health, many more than the roughly 8,000 originally reported.

About 3,653 cases of Lyme disease were reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of other tick-borne diseases, including Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis, also increased and set new highs.

One city councilors says he is hearing from concerned constituents and advocates for the unhoused about the situation. It was below 15 degrees that night.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Monday announced that all 50 states will receive awards under the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program.

In 2024, Cumberland County awarded Greater Portland Health $80,000 to launch a mobile medical van. The team distributed educational materials, helped connect people to treatment and distributed naloxone - an overdose reversal drug

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of a Salmonella outbreak that may be linked to contaminated oysters.