Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Ethiopia, the CDC alerted U.S. doctors to be on the lookout for travel cases of the Ebola-like virus. Meanwhile, at least 39 infants have been hospitalized in the botulism outbreak linked to ByHeart's recalled infant formula, according to the FDA.

Maine is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address an HIV outbreak in the northern part of the state.

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the childhood vaccine schedule, potentially delaying a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine given to newborns by weeks or even years.

For the last two years, Penobscot County has been battling a rise in HIV cases.In September, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention requested the assistance of the U.S. CDC.Due to the shutdown,