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Maine sets new record in reports of tick-borne disease in 2025

by Elizabeth Walztoni December 29, 2025December 29, 2025

Known cases of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis all exceeded report numbers from 2024, which broke records from the year before.

A Maine walk-in patient with a tick bite avoided Lyme disease but not a surprise bill

by Lauren Sausser, KFF Health News November 20, 2025

What life is like on a Maine island battered by tick-borne diseases

by Elizabeth Walztoni October 8, 2025October 13, 2025

Maine hospitals are helping nurses get through school to fill staffing gaps

by Sasha Ray August 2, 2025

A women’s addiction treatment center is opening in rural Knox County

by Sasha Ray June 7, 2025

As ferry service considers changes, island EMS faces lawmaker scrutiny

by Jules Walkup April 2, 2025April 3, 2025

Midcoast high school reports bed bug infestation

by Sasha Ray January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

$1M grant will help midcoast police to expand addiction treatment

by Sasha Ray December 18, 2024December 18, 2024

It’s getting harder for Mainers to give birth

by Sasha Ray November 29, 2024

Developer scales back midcoast nursing home plan

by Jules Walkup November 14, 2024

Belfast hospital to close its maternity ward

by Sasha Ray November 7, 2024November 7, 2024

A health clinic’s expansion threatens Rockland City Hall move

by Jules Walkup September 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Concerns grow in Belfast about possible closure of maternity ward

by Sasha Ray August 7, 2024August 8, 2024

First Lyme disease vaccine in 20 years tested at midcoast hospital

by Jules Walkup July 23, 2024July 23, 2024

Raccoon that scratched midcoast woman had rabies

by Molly Rains, Lincoln County News July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

Belfast residents fear cuts to maternity care at local hospital

by Sasha Ray July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

A midcoast hospital program uses gift cards to get people off meth and cocaine

by Charles Eichacker June 2, 2024June 2, 2024

Belfast health center will serve more patients in bigger new location

by Charles Eichacker May 5, 2024