Thursday, January 31, 2013
Department of Health says there were an additional 36 deaths last week, but that number of people hospitalized with flu-like symptoms much lower than previous week.
Updated 6 p.m. Jan. 31: Influenza killed 36 more Minnesotans last week, bringing the total number of state deaths in the current outbreak to 112. But the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) weekly flu update, released this afternoon, also reported that the number of people across the state newly hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza dropped to 135, down from 208 the previous week and a big drop from the 476 hospitalized the week before. A total of 2,367 Minnesotans have have been hospitalized since the current outbreak began. According to a Minneapolis Public Radio report, officials now believe it's safe to say the outbreak is waning. Kris Ehresmann, director of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at MDH, said it's unlikely the …
Monday, January 14, 2013
Get answers from a medical doctor, a specialist in traditional Chinese medicine, and two public health professionals.
The numbers behind this winter's influenza epidemic can look really scary. It's sickened thousands and killed at least 27 in Minnesota alone, including a 14-year old St. Louis Park high schooler who was first hospitalized on Christmas Day. To top it off, the flu strains being passed around this year are spreading even further and faster than in most years. All together, it can make you worry that the next person to sneeze on you at the grocery store could give you the bug. It's the kind of worry that leaves you asking questions. How contagious is influenza? What can you do to steel yourself against the virus? How does a flu shot or an immune-boosting substance even work? To answer all your queries, Patch has asked a team of experts to …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
More than 1,100 hospitalized; Minnesota Department of Health urges precautions.
This flu season is proving brutal in Minnesota, with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) now reporting 27 deaths in the state, including 23 that officials have been able to confirm as flu-related since Dec. 30. Since the start of the influenza season, 1,121 people have been hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza, according to the MDH reports for the 2012–2013 season. That number includes 401 hospitalizations for the week ending Jan. 5. Dakota County is no exception; Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville is reporting a shortage of available beds due to severe cases of the flu, and the Apple Valley Urgent Care and Quick Clinic is seeing call volumes and patient visits up 20-50 percent over typical levels at this time of …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Two schools in District 196 have reached mandatory health-reporting levels, and Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville reports that available space is scarce.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Cases of influenza, some of them severe, have reached the "intense" level in Minnesota, and Dakota County is no exception. Since the start of the influenza season, 578 people have been hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Health reports for the 2012-2013 season. This is up from only 30 people who were reportedly hospitalized for the flu in a report from last month. Tony Taschner, the spokesman for District 196, said that as of Friday, two area schools—Black Hawk Middle School in Eagan and Diamond Path Elementary in Apple Valley—had reached the point where the Minnesota Department of Health requires …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Where to Get Flu Shots in Apple Valley-Rosemount
Flu season is coming early in parts of the United States, including Minnesota, and some of the cases have involved severe illnesses. This time last year, flu cases were lower in Minnesota than they are now, according to data on Google's Flu Trends. (Dakota County-specific data is not available on Flu Trends, but flu cases in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro are in line with the state as a whole.) Overall in Minnesota, activity is categorized as "high," while it was categorized as "low" at this time in 2011, according to Flu Trends. And not only is the flu season starting earlier than usual, some of the illnesses in the upper Midwest are severe. "We're seeing what we typically see in late December or early January," Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, …
Monday, April 11, 2011
The scientific research linking autism to vaccinations has been squashed. But is that enough to ease parental concern?
A recent measles outbreak in Minneapolis has brought to life the repercussions of not vaccinating children for infectious diseases like measles-mumps-rubella, but parents remain wary of the long-term cost of vaccinations for some children. A study by a British scientist, Andrew Wakefield, establishing a link between autism and the MMR vaccination was retracted in February by the prestigious medical journal that published it, citing fraudulent research. What scientists cannot retract is the seeded distrust among parents that remains. Some parents remain fearful of vaccination side effects, which can mimic the illness itself in the case of influenza. Others are still convinced of the link to autism, like some parents involved in the Somali …
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