BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 30, 2024
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention urged Mainers in October to be careful of tick bites, saying there are more cases of anaplasmosis, babesiosis and hard tick relapsing fever this year than last October. Maine saw a record-breaking 2,943 Lyme disease reports in 2023. As of Oct. 14, 2,544 cases have been reported this year.