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Health providers and health experts are urging Minnesotans to get their influenza vaccine this flu season. Recently, Allina Health announced that its clinics have the new influenza vaccine available, and patients will need to make an appointment at their clinic to get a vaccine. [Read Transcript...]
School is starting for families around the state. Each school districts’s leaders are making their own plans about having classes in person, online from home or a hybrid combination of the two. Schools are basing their decisions primarily on the number of positive Covid cases in their region. [Read Transcript...]
Minnesotans has been living with COVID-19 since the state’s first reported case in March. As months roll by, it’s easy to feel like a vaccine remains a long way off. Though no vaccine has yet been approved, five candidates have reached phase three of clinical trials. That’s the last stage of research, when the Food … [Read Transcript...]
It’s coming up on that time of year: flu season. And you might be wondering: should you get a flu shot while there’s COVID-19 going around? Dr. Poland, infectious disease specialist at the Mayo Clinic, says it’s even more important to get your flu shot during this pandemic. [Read Transcript...]
