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 H1N1 outbreak appears to have calmed down so we temporarily return our attentions to the seasonal flu which is expected to reach its yearly high sometime in the next month or two. The attention given to the H1N1 has lead to increased awareness and use [...]
The Minnesota Department Health (MDH) today released its weekly H1N1 statistics for the past week showing ten schools in Minnesota reporting outbreaks of flu-like illnesses — one school more than the week before.
MDH officials last week said the decline seen in the number of flu-like outbreaks in schools could mean [...]
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Posted in News Tagged: Minnesota News Headlines [...] 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 [...]