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Recents Alerts
- Preparing for and Responding to Hurricane Lee -
September 15, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Increased Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Activity in Parts of the Southeastern United States: New Prevention Tools Available to Protect Patients -
September 8, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Recommendations for Diagnosing and Testing for Vibriosis -
September 7, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Air Quality Alert -
September 6, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Important Updates on Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in Florida, Texas, and Maryland -
August 29, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Summer Influenza Testing and Specimen Submission Request -
July 18, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine DEP issues an Air Quality Alert for Tuesday, July 18 -
July 18, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Arbovirus Update for Healthcare Providers in Maine -
July 10, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Wildfire Smoke Exposure Poses Threat to At-Risk Populations -
July 7, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States -
June 30, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine DEP issues Air Quality Alert for Sunday, June 25 -
June 24, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Elevated Animal Rabies Activity in Maine -
June 8, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Important Updates on Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis in U.S. Patients Who Underwent Surgical Procedures under Epidural Anesthesia in Matamoros, Mexico -
June 2, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Canadian Wildfires Prompts Air Quality Advisory for Maine -
May 30, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Testing, Vaccines, Treatment, Reporting, Guidance, and Resources -
May 22, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Outbreak of Suspected Fungal Meningitis in U.S. Patients who Underwent Surgical Procedures under Epidural Anesthesia in Matamoros, Mexico -
May 18, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Potential Risk for New Mpox Cases -
May 15, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - 2023 Lyme and Other Tickborne Disease Information -
May 8, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Measles Exposure in Maine -
May 5, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Health Risks from Browntail Moths -
April 13, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania -
April 7, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Pertussis Circulating in Maine -
April 6, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis in Pregnant People -
March 30, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Think. Test. Treat Tuberculosis (TB) in Maine -
March 24, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Increased Chikungunya Virus Activity in Paraguay and Associated Risk to Travelers -
March 7, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Measles Exposure at a Large Gathering in Kentucky (February 2023) and Global Measles Outbreaks -
March 6, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States -
March 2, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Updates on Mpox Surveillance, Testing, Treatment, and Vaccination in Maine -
February 28, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Gonorrhea with Resistance or Reduced Susceptibility to Multiple Antibiotics Identified in Massachusetts -
February 7, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Outbreak of Extensively Drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Associated with Artificial Tears -
February 3, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Evusheld No Longer Authorized for Emergency Use in the U.S. -
January 26, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Case of Congenital Syphilis in Maine -
January 18, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections -
January 5, 2023 - Advisory (PDF) - Important Updates on COVID-19 Therapeutics for Treatment and Prevention -
December 22, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Prioritize Antiviral Treatment of Influenza in the Setting of Reduced Availability of Oseltamivir -
December 16, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Increase in Syphilis in Maine -
December 15, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Elevated Influenza Activity in Maine -
December 8, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Deauthorization of Bebtelovimab Treatment for COVID-19 -
November 30, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Update on Managing Monkeypox in Patients Receiving Therapeutics -
November 21, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Elevated Rates of Hepatitis A Infection Linked to Ongoing Person-to-Person Transmission -
November 15, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Update on Ebola Virus Disease (Sudan ebolavirus) Outbreak in Central Uganda -
November 10, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Change to Guidelines for Specimen Collection Tubes for Venous Whole Blood Lead Analyses -
November 9, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - CDC: Increased Respiratory Virus Activity, Especially Among Children, Early in the 2022-2023 Fall and Winter -
November 7, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - US CDC: Outbreak of Ebola virus disease (Sudan ebolavirus) in Central Uganda -
October 7, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Severe Manifestations of Monkeypox among People who are Immunocompromised Due to HIV or Other Conditions -
October 3, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Severe Respiratory Illnesses Associated with Rhinoviruses and/or Enteroviruses Including EV-D68 -
September 19, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Influenza Arrives in Maine -
September 13, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Updates on Monkeypox Testing, Vaccination, and Treatment in Maine -
September 7, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Varicella Testing and Reporting Recommendations -
September 6, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Reminder to Report Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis to Maine CDC -
August 29, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine CDC Monkeypox Clinician Update Call TODAY + US CDC Update on Monkeypox in High-Risk Groups -
August 4, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Arbovirus Update for Healthcare Providers -
August 3, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Monkeypox Updates: Testing at Commercial Laboratories, Vaccination -
July 28, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Treatment Updates: Training Videos for Prescribers, Clinical Considerations, Prescribing Paxlovid, and Using Bebtelovimab -
July 27, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - A DEP Air Quality Alert is in Effect for Sunday Along the Coast of Maine -
July 23, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Recent Reports of Human Parechovirus (PeV) in the United States -
July 18, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Monkeypox Now a Reportable Condition in Maine -
July 15, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Updated Case-finding Guidance: Monkeypox Outbreak -
June 16, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Rebound After Paxlovid Treatment -
May 26, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine CDC and US CDC: Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States and Other Non-endemic Countries -
May 23, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) Monkeypox Information Sheet for Healthcare Facilities - Updated Information on Availability and Use of Treatments for Outpatients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Who are at Increased Risk for Severe Outcomes of COVID-19 -
May 11, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - 2022 Lyme and Other Tickborne Disease Information -
May 9, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Health Risks from Browntail Moths -
May 2, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Recommendations for Adenovirus Testing/Reporting of Children with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin -
April 22, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Increase in HIV Cases in Kennebec County, Maine -
April 7, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Increasing Access to COVID-19 Therapies for Non-Hospitalized Patients -
March 23, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Increase of Legionnaires' Disease Cases in York County -
March 4, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Expanded Eligibility for COVID-19 Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Patients with Moderate/Severe Immunocompromise -
February 24, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Guidance and Recommendations -
February 23, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Accessing COVID-19 Treatments for Non-hospitalized Patients -
February 11, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Patients with Moderate/Severe Immunocompromise -
February 7, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Reporting Requirements -
January 27, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Expanded U.S. FDA Approval of Remdesivir for COVID-19 Treatment -
January 24, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Update to Standing Order for COVID-19 Testing -
January 21, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Surveillance Definition Changes -
January 19, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Update on COVID-19 Therapeutics -
January 7, 2022 - Maine CDC - Evusheld Tiers and Contacts Advisory (PDF) - US CDC: Using Therapeutics to Prevent and Treat COVID-19 -
January 3, 2022 - Advisory (PDF) - Rapid Increase of Omicron Variant Infections in the United States: Management of Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure -
December 27, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Reporting Urgent Notifiable Conditions by Telephone -
December 9, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - U.S. CDC: Increasing Seasonal Influenza A(H3N2) Activity, Especially Among Young Adults and in College and University Settings, During SARS-CoV-2 Co-Circulation -
November 30, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Tickborne Illness Risk Remains High Amid Record Numbers of Reported Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis Cases -
November 23, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Expanded Eligibility of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots for All Adults 18 and Up -
November 17, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Pertussis and Other Childhood Respiratory Illnesses Circulating in Maine -
November 15, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) Common Respiratory Illnesses Chart - Extending the Use of Rapid Antigen Testing Supplies -
November 12, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Influenza Arrives in Maine -
November 4, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Booster Doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine -
September 24, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - US CDC: Rapid Increase in Ivermectin Prescriptions and Reports of Severe Illness Associated with Use of Products Containing Ivermectin to Prevent or Treat COVID-19 -
August 27, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Increased Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Activity in Maine -
August 16, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Use of an additional mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose after an initial 2-dose primary mRNA COVID-19 vaccine series for immunocompromised people -
August 14, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine DEP Issues Air Quality Alert for Thursday, August 12th -
August 12, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Health Risks from Extreme Heat this Week -
August 11, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Cluster of Legionellosis Cases - Greater Bangor Area -
August 5, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Varicella Testing and Reporting Recommendations -
August 3, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Standing Order for COVID-19 Testing -
July 1, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Human Powassan Case and Arbovirus Update for Healthcare Providers in Maine -
June 29, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Changes to HETL COVID-19 Testing Operational Schedule -
June 21, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine DEP Issues Air Quality Alert for Monday, June 7, 2021 -
June 7, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Eastport, Maine -
May 27, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Cases of Myocarditis/Pericarditis Following COVID-19 Vaccination -
May 26, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - 2021 Lyme and Other Tickborne Disease Information -
May 3, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Health Risks from Browntail Moths -
April 28, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Cases of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia after Receipt of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine -
April 13, 2021 - Alert (PDF) - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Orono, Maine -
March 24, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Notifiable Diseases and Conditions Rule Update, Re-Instatement of Requirement to Submit SARS-CoV-2 Samples -
February 17, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Campylobacteriosis Outbreak Associated with Raw Milk from New Hampshire Farm -
February 12, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - UPDATED: COVID-19 Updates: Quarantine and Testing -
February 2, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) Updates and Clarifications to ?COVID-19 Updates: Quarantine and Testing? Advisory from 1/27/21 - Influenza Arrives in Maine -
February 1, 2021 - Advisory (PDF) - Adverse Event Related to Vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine -
December 24, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Influenza Testing Reminder -
December 23, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Vaccination Training and Education -
December 14, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Changes to Maine CDC's Quarantine Policy -
December 4, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Dover-Foxcroft -
November 19, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Bangor, Maine -
November 3, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk from Maine Farm -
October 22, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Flavivirus Case in a Maine Resident -
October 21, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Rockwood, Maine -
September 30, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Testing Updates - September 2020 -
September 8, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Saco, Maine -
September 1, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Changes to U.S. CDC COVID-19 Guidance -
July 24, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Human Arbovirus Update for Healthcare Providers in Maine -
July 20, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Serious Adverse Health Events Associated with Methanol-based Hand Sanitizers -
July 7, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Testing at HETL -
June 30, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Hepatitis A Increase in Maine -
June 19, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Saco, Maine -
June 5, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Universal Testing in Congregate Living Settings -
May 23, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Increased COVID-19 Testing Capacity at Maine CDC Laboratory -
May 18, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - 2020 Lyme and Other Tickborne Disease Information -
May 13, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Potentially Associated with COVID-19 -
May 11, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Health Risks from Browntail Moths -
May 5, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Testing for COVID-19 - Antibody Testing -
May 1, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Temporary Updates to the Notifiable Diseases and Conditions List - SARS CoV-2 and COVID-19 Deaths -
April 22, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Updated Guidance for COVID-19: Prioritization of Testing and Discontinuation of Home Isolation -
March 19, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Updated Guidance for COVID-19 Testing -
March 16, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Actions to Take Now for Community Transmission of COVID-19 -
March 15, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - First Presumptive COVID-19 Case in Maine -
March 12, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - COVID-19 Updated U.S. CDC Guidance -
March 12, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Preparing for Community Transmission of COVID-19 in Maine -
March 9, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Updated COVID-19 Testing Criteria -
March 5, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Updated COVID-19 Patients Under Investigation (PUI) Criteria -
February 28, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Influenza-Associated Pediatric Death -
February 19, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine CDC Encourages Providers to Obtain Vaccine and Vaccinate At-Risk Populations for Hepatitis A -
February 13, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Update and Interim Guidance on Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) -
February 4, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Increase in Suspected Unintentional Overdoses in Cumberland County -
February 1, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Updated Definition for Patients Under Investigation (PUI) for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) -
January 31, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Update and Guidance on Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) -
January 21, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Lead Poisonings Requiring Medical Chelation Treatment -
January 16, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Widespread Influenza Activity in Maine -
January 7, 2020 - Advisory (PDF) - Vaping-associated Pulmonary Illness - Reporting Now Required -
October 3, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) Disease Reporting Form - Influenza Arrives in Maine -
September 27, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - "Start of Influenza Season" Conference Call Agenda -
September 23, 2019 - Agenda - Maine Reports a Case of Lung Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use -
September 20, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Eastern Equine Encephalitis Positive Horse -
September 3, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Using E-Cigarette Products -
August 30, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Vaping-associated Pulmonary Illness - Call for Cases -
August 21, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Cases of Varicella (Chickenpox) Associated with the Portland Expo Center -
August 3, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Human Powassan Case -
July 24, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Increase in Legionellosis Cases - Greater Bangor Area, Penobscot County -
July 12, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine CDC Update on Portland Expo Operations -
July 3, 2019 - - Human Arbovirus Information for Healthcare Providers in Maine -
July 2, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine CDC Hepatitis A Update -
June 28, 2019 - Update (Doc) - Maine CDC Hepatitis A Update -
June 21, 2019 - Update (Doc) - Maine CDC Hepatitis A Update -
June 18, 2019 - Update (Doc) - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Presque Isle, Maine -
June 14, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Meningococcal Disease Case at Wiscasset Middle High School -
June 12, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Maine CDC Health Update -
June 11, 2019 - - No new cases of Measles or Hepatitis A -
June 5, 2019 - Advisory (DOC) - Health Risks from Browntail Moths -
May 29, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Confirmed Measles Case in Maine -
May 21, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Hepatitis A in Caribou Update -
May 21, 2019 - - Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Caribou, Maine -
May 17, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - 2019 Lyme and other Tickborne Disease Information -
May 7, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month: Information for Clinicians -
May 7, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - MMR Guidance -
May 3, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Influenza-Associated Pediatric Death -
April 9, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Influenza Season Continues with Widespread Activity in Maine -
April 4, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Measles Exposure in Two Healthcare Offices in Maine -
April 2, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Rabies Positive Bat in Bangor Potentially Exposes Several Individuals -
March 22, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Confirmed Mumps Case in Maine -
March 15, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Measles Recommendations and Current Situation in Maine -
March 8, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Widespread Influenza Activity in Maine -
January 30, 2019 - Advisory (PDF) - Confirmed Hepatitis A Case in an Individual Who Stayed in Portland Shelters -
October 29, 2018 - Alert (PDF) Fact Sheet (PDF) - Maintaining Vigilance for Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases -
October 25, 2018 - Advisory (PDF) - Pertussis Update in Maine -
October 24, 2018 - Advisory (PDF) - Early Start to Influenza Season in Maine -
September 7, 2018 - Advisory (PDF) - Dramatic Increases in Cases of Syphilis and Gonorrhea -
September 5, 2018 - Advisory (PDF)