Health

Toxic blue-green algae in lakes and ponds has caused the death of several dogs throughout the United States and Canada in the last month. While these algal blooms are more common in southern states, they also occur in Maine, especially as bodies of water warm in mid- to late-summer.

PORTLAND, Maine - The Maine Medical Center is warning people who visited the hospital's emergency department on July 30 that they may have been exposed to the virus that causes chickenpox.

NEW YORK — Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three decades.

One in 10 U.S. adults aged 65 or older binge drank in the past month, a trend that worries health officials because it can exacerbate existing maladies and contribute to more falls, according to a new study released Wednesday.

The Maine Center For Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed another case of the tick-borne virus Powassan.

The Trump administration’s proposed new regulations for the SNAP food stamp program announced Tuesday would likely render thousands of Maine families ineligible for the benefit, according to a local low-income advocacy group.

More pain pills were handed out on average per person in Penobscot County than in any other New England county between 2006 and 2012.