Lyme disease

Data from the Maine CDC show that the rate of tickborne diseases was especially high among Mainers in the midcoast. Ticks thrive in wet, forested habitats with some humidity, like areas along the Maine coast.

There have been more than 2,700 cases so far. That tops last year's record of a little more than 2,600 cases.

A Cumberland County jury has ordered Northern Light Mercy Hospital and one of its physicians to pay $6.5 million to the parents of a young man who died from Lyme disease.

Cases of several tick-borne diseases surged again in Maine last year, according to a new report from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

A recent report from the National Center for Disease Control indicates Lyme disease is 10 times more prevalent than previously thought. But the findings…

Maine saw a record 2,079 Lyme disease cases in the state last year. The Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) says that number could continue to climb as…

A U.S. Senate committee is advancing a proposal from Sen. Susan Collins to improve research about Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections.Collins, a…

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has introduced legislation that would authorize $100 million for the prevention and treatment of tick-borne illnesses. She says…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Public health officials in Maine say now is the time for residents to start taking precautions to avoid Lyme disease in the state. The…

Cases of tick-borne disease in Maine declined in 2018. A little more than 1300 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the Maine Center for Disease…