Press Herald - More smoke from Canadian wildfires is expected to make its way through Maine this week, keeping air quality down across the state. Over the weekend, the smoke triggered an air quality alert in the state designating conditions as “unhealthy for sensitive groups” because of particulate pollution. While those alerts have since been lessened to “moderate,” it may stay that way for some time.
Press Herald - Lyme disease cases are on pace to break records this year, as reported cases of the tick-borne disease have already reached 1,875 in Maine, which is 20% higher than the same January-July period in 2024. Cases of anaplasmosis, the second-most common tick-borne disease that’s also transmitted by the deer tick, are also skyrocketing, with 890 cases reported so far in 2025.