INFLUENZA
Blog break
This blog is taking an extended break while I concentrate on other priorities. Blogging will resume (hopefully) at some yet-to-be-determined time in the future. In the meantime, since influenza is in...
Posted on 1/9/13 at 1:45 PM
Ah, Science: Redheads, Booze, Booms and Shots
My list of interesting links has once again swollen to monstrous proportions, so much so that my whole computer is threatening to just lie down and cry. Instead of playing a game of Klingon Monopoly ...
Posted on 9/28/12 at 10:00 AM
Kids with disabilities among flu season's most vulnerable
Another flu season is fast approaching, and there's a new caution forcertain people with disabilities -- children with disabilities, in particular. Federal health officials are using a study of the 2...
Posted on 8/29/12 at 12:45 PM
N.D. health officials encourage flu shots
BISMARCKState health officials are encouraging North Dakotans to get an influenza vaccination this fall, saying there are more than enough doses available. The North Dakota Department of Health and C...
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:32 AM
under the radar
Just because you don't hear as much about bird flu as you did three or four years ago, doesn't mean resources are not being targeted. The work continues. Avian Influenza Surveillance Continues State...
Posted on 8/31/10 at 12:32 PM
MINNESOTA NEWS: Pawlenty, Wilf meet ... Minnesota got recalled vaccine 
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf have met privately to discuss the team’s hopes for a new stadium.
Vikings’ vice president Lester Bagley said Tuesday’s meeting was a “very positive” discussion. He said the Vikings made the case that there are reasons to act in 2010.
By Associated Press , December 16, 2009
CDC recalls 800,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine over potency concerns 
About 800,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine are being recalled nationwide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this morning.
By Kristen Daum , December 15, 2009
H1N1: Fargo teen fighting for his life 
Keith Worthington, a 15-year-old Fargo boy infected with swine flu is fighting for his life, MeritCare Hospital announced today.
By Patrick Springer , December 14, 2009
H1N1: Fewer states reporting spread to CDC
The spread of Swine Flu is down to 14 states from 25 last week and 48 in late October.By Associated Press , December 11, 2009
H1N1 activity stays low in Minnesota
The number of Minnesota schools reporting a flu-outbreak has shrunk from 200 to 1 in a month. Five more confirmed deaths from Swine flu have put the state's H1N1 death toll at 44. Residents should still get vaccinated.By Associated Press , December 09, 2009
H1N1 death rate slowing in Canada
The Swine Flu death rate in Canada appears to be slowing. 363 Canadians have died from H1N1; 8,768 worldwide have been killed.By Canadian Press , December 09, 2009
H1N1 shots available at Altru, UND, Polk County Public Health 
North Dakota’s Health Department said Monday that anyone who needs an H1N1 flu vaccine — not just those in certain risk groups — may get one if local vaccine supplies allow for it.
December 08, 2009
H1N1: N.D..Health Department says anyone can get swine flu shot
UPDATED 2:21 P.M.The North Dakota Health Department said demand for the swine flu vaccine has dropped off in some risk groups.
By Blake Nicholson , December 07, 2009
Area news: Flu shot clinic ... Stocking stuffers ... Baby sitter's training 
A seasonal flu shot clinic will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at the RiverView Family Clinic in Crookston, located on the north end of the RiverView Health campus.
By Herald staff reports , December 04, 2009
More swine flu vaccine on way to N.D. 
But the state's immunization program manager says there still isn't enough vaccine for everyone who wants it.
By Associated Press , December 03, 2009
Swine flu activity continues to drop in Minnesota 
Despite 10 more H1N1 deaths in Minnesota, the state health department said infections are dropping.
By Associated Press , December 02, 2009
H1N1: CDC reports swine flu less spread, down to 32 states 
The Centers for Disease Controls said Swine flu seems to be concentrated in 32 states; 30 children have died from H1NI.
By Mike Stobbe , November 30, 2009
CDC: Swine flu vaccine is safe
No big problems seen in first report on new vaccineSince vaccinations began in early October, the government has been tracking the safety of the swine flu vaccine. By mid-November, about 22 million Americans had gotten the vaccine and there were about 3,200 reports of possible side effects, the vast majority for minor things like soreness or swelling from the shot.
By Mike Stobbe , November 25, 2009
Swine flu kills Duluth man, 32, with no chronic medical conditions 
Matthew James Walczynski, 32, of Duluth, came home from work Nov. 6 running a fever of 103.8 degrees and went straight to bed, his mother said. Ten days later he was dead.
By John Myers , November 25, 2009
H1N1: Death toll in Minnesota reaches 32 
Six more confirmed deaths from swine flu and one from influenza since Nov. 18 has raised Minnesota's flu-related death toll to 35.
By Associated Press , November 24, 2009
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