The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reports that last week there were two outbreaks of flu-like illnesses in Minnesota schools, compared to one outbreak the week before.
No outbreaks due to flu were recorded in long-term care facilities, though influenza-like illness visits to outpatient clinics involved in a tracker network increased [...]
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reports that flu activity in the state decreased during the past week.
One school reported an outbreak of influenza-like illness, compared to zero the previous week, and no outbreaks due to flu were reported in long-term care facilities.
Flu-related visits to outpatient clinics involved in the [...]
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced that it has downgraded H1N1 flu activity in the state as reported to the Center for Disease Control to “local.”
This reflects the fact, the department points out, that flu activity is occurring primarily in the northwest region of Minnesota, though to a [...]
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) notes that today is World AIDS Day, and that the epidemic continues across the globe.
“Despite the progress that has been made in developing new treatments against HIV, new infections continue to occur at undiminished levels each year,” said Peter Carr, MDH director of the [...]
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) officials indicated today (Nov. 18) that retail store Santas will have to wait like everybody else to get vaccinated for H1N1 until people at greater risk get theirs.
“We have heard about Santa’s request,” said MDH Director of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Kristen Ehresmann.
Media reports have department [...]
What a difference six months — and a health-care overhaul proposal — can make! Just six months ago, the U.S Preventive Services Task Force, which works within the Department of Health and Human Services as a “best practice” panel on prevention, sounded a warning signal over a slight decline [...]
