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Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website

Maine CDC Health Alert Network System (HAN) Advisories  Subscribe to HAN Alerts HERE

Recent HAN Alerts (2023 Jan - Feb):
  • 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) 

Maine HAN Previous Advisories  HERE

Monkeypox (mpox):

Maine CDC Monkeypox website

Maine CDC HAN Alerts Re: Monkeypox:

  • NEW : Updates on Mpox Surveillance, Testing, Treatment, and Vaccination in Maine -
    February 28, 2023
     - 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)

AAFP Monkeypox Website

AAFP Prescribed CME programs: 

“Emerging Infections Update: Monkeypox Virus,” 15-minute Video presentation for family physicians

U.S. CDC Monkeypox Clinician Website

World Health Organization (WHO)