Mosquitoes in York County have tested positive for West Nile virus and Mainers should take steps to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. The positive test is the first direct confirmation this year that the disease is being carried by mosquitoes in Maine. The disease spreads in […]
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Swat's in store for you this summer?!?
Read our Maine bug primer before the season lands on you. Maine has a lot of things going for it. Pristine lakes. Gorgeous views. Nature trails. Miles of beaches. And billions of mosquitoes and ticks ready and willing to saddle up to Cafe You for a snack. Like the views and the beaches, the creepy […]
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Health officials wary as wet spring leads to more mosquitoes
PORTLAND (AP) — A wetter-than-normal spring in the Northeast is producing a bumper crop of mosquitoes, leading to worries of a corresponding spike in mosquito-borne illnesses this summer as Americans grill and play outdoors. The heavy rain that has erased last summer’s drought has put public health officials on alert as summer begins to unfold. […]
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Freezing temperatures ending threat of mosquito-borne EEE
AUGUSTA — Maine’s epidemiologist says the state appears to be out of the woods for mosquito-borne diseases but that ticks will continue to be a problem for several more weeks. Three horses died this year from eastern equine encephalitis in Maine, making it the worst outbreak since 2009. The virus carried by mosquitoes is potentially […]
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Virus that killed Vermont man detected in Maine mosquitoes
State public health officials have detected Eastern equine encephalitis in mosquitoes in York County, marking the first confirmed presence of the potentially fatal disease in Maine this year. A batch of mosquitoes at a collection site in Alfred tested positive for EEE on Aug. 9, according to a health alert issued Monday by the Maine […]