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• Heat-related Illness
• Initial Health Assessment of Select Foreign-Born Populations in Maine word* | pdf*
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What's new

Snuggle ME is a new resource with practice guidelines for the screening and treatment of pregnant women dependent upon alcohol or other prescribed or non-prescribed substances such as methadone, buprenorphine, and oxycontin for obstetrical and pediatric providers caring for pregnant women and their newborns in Maine. The resource was developed by the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in partnership with obstetric, pediatric, and substance abuse specialists across Maine, and Maine CDC.
Snuggle ME Screening Tool (PDF*)
Snuggle ME Guidelines (PDF*)
Snuggle ME Project (Word* | Also in PDF*)

• Recent Health Advisories
  • Air Quality Alert -
    May 31, 2013 - Word  PDF
  • Lyme Disease Update 2013 -
    May 30, 2013 - Word  PDF
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  • Take Appropriate Precautions When Visiting Beaches, Lakes and Pools This Summer - June 18, 2013
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• Maine Public Health Updates
  • June 13, 2013 - Gonorrhea Update 06/13/13 Word  PDF 
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