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Minnesota: ‘Tis (still) the Season for carbon monoxide risks(0)
Minneapolis MN–Wintertime weather can bring about more than just snow emergencies in Minnesota. Accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings also peak during winter months, according to a new report on CO exposures released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
The report, entitled Minnesota Environmental Public Health Tracking: Carbon Monoxide Data and Measures 2000-2007, presents trends in [...]
Minnesota: Providers can now offer H1N1 vaccine to all if priority groups are getting immunized and supplies are adequate
Minneapolis MN–The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is advising local public health agencies and private health care providers that they can now offer the H1N1 vaccine to everyone, provided they have enough vaccine and they can still meet the needs of high risk patients who want to be vaccinated.
The new recommendations will take effect on [...]
Minnesota: Influenza activity downgraded to local; deaths continue to be confirmed
Minneapolis–The Minnesota Department of Health today announced that that influenza activity in the state has been downgraded to “local,” as reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The reclassification reflects the fact that influenza activity is now occurring primarily in the northwestern region of the state, although flu activity continues to be reported [...]
Minnesota: H1N1 vax expanded to all CDC priority groups
Minneapolis MN–State health officials said today they will begin recommending that health care providers and local public health agencies in Minnesota begin offering the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine to the full list of priority groups identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Until now, with vaccine in very limited supply, vaccination efforts [...]
