Tracking Awareness Week 2024
Join us for the ninth annual Tracking Awareness Week, themed “Be a Data Explorer!” This theme highlights unique data and tools on the MaineTracking Network that power public health action.
Data About Maintaining a "Healthy Home"
Keeping your home clean and addressing issues that arise with water quality, lead paint, radon, or carbon monoxide are essential for maintaining a healthy home. Being aware of and preventing issues like lead or carbon monoxide poisoning may not be top of mind for some Maine homeowners, but these issues pose health threats that should be taken seriously.
Little Tick, Big Deal - New Tickborne Disease Data
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. To help Mainers prepare for tick season and prevent the spread of tickborne diseases, the MaineTracking Network has released updated tickborne disease data through the year 2022. In Maine, 2,652 cases of Lyme disease were reported in 2022, an increase of 1,142 cases from 2021. See these data at the town, county, and state levels, for the years 2001-2022.
Radon Awareness Week - January 22-26, 2024
Odorles
Tracking Tickborne Diseases This Fall
If you spend any time outdoors in Maine you can encounter an eight-legged cuddle bug that you don’t want to get cozy with: a tick. Mainer’s can meet up with ticks while raking leaves, walking on a road shoulder, cutting trees, hiking or mountain biking, or playing at a park. Ticks in Maine may carry and transmit Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases.
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Asthma Awareness Month 2025
Maine has some of the highest rates of asthma in the country. About one out of every nine Mainers currently has asthma, compared to one in twelve nationally. Maine is one of the few states where asthma affects more adults than children.
National Public Health Week: April 3-9, 2023
The Maine Tracking Network is excited to be a part of this year’s National Public Health Week celebration. We know that public health is more than a single topic; it’s countless issues and practices that help everyone live as long and as healthy as they can. Here are some ways to be a public heath supporter this week and beyond.
Cold Weather Safety Tips
Prolonged exposure to the cold can be dangerous and life-threatening. During Maine’s long winters, people are at risk of cold-related illnesses such as hypothermia and frostbite. People most likely to be exposed to dangerous cold include those who lack shelter, work outdoors, or live in homes with or inadequate heat. Seniors, infants, people with chronic cardiovascular or lung conditions, people using alcohol or drugs, and people with cognitive impairments or mental health conditions are at increased risk.