BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota has its first confirmed case of monkeypox. Department of Health says a person living in the eastern part of the state got the illness while traveling out of state. The sample has been sent to the CDC for positive confirmation. The person who tested positive is currently isolating and the health department is doing…
TWIN CITIES (KVRR/AP) — An adult in the Twin Cities is Minnesota’s first presumed case of monkeypox. The patient likely was exposed to monkeypox while traveling abroad. They are receiving outpatient treatment for the infection. The state public health lab has forwarded the case to the CDC for confirmation. Common symptoms include fever, fatigue, headaches, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in investigating a child with hepatitis of unknown cause. The child resides in Grand Forks County. The child is recovering at home after a brief hospitalization. North Dakota is among a growing list of states investigating children with hepatitis where usual…
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Department of Health said it’s investigating several severe cases of hepatitis among children and has reported the cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC continues to investigate cases of the sudden liver disease in nearly 200 children that has health authorities in several countries racing to find answers. The illness is being…
CDC COVID-19 map 3/3/2022FARGO (KVRR) – There’s encouraging news from the Centers for Disease Control about COVID-19. The CDC now says that more than 90% of the U.S. population lives in an area with low or medium COVID-19 community levels. The community levels in the Fargo-Moorhead area, including Cass and Clay Counties are now classified as “low.” Several counties in…
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says most Americans, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new guidelines released Friday. The CDC outlined the new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip, with less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening at…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – The CDC is strengthening its recommendation on booster doses for people 18 and older. On Monday, the agency said everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot. The boosters should be given 6 months after their initial Pfizer or Moderna series or 2 months after their initial J&J vaccine. “The recent emergence of the Omicron…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bison players won’t be the only football stars at the FARGODOME this Saturday. Ex-NFL players and Super Bowl winners Bart Oates, Billy Davis and Kyle Richardson will be meeting fans at a COVID-19 and flu vaccine walk-in clinic at the Dome ahead of the Bison game. The clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 1…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota’s COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 9,000 people, as the state struggles with the nation’s highest rate of new infections and low vaccination rates in certain areas. The Minnesota Department of Health on Tuesday reported 51 new deaths, which raised the state’s pandemic total to 9,047. It also reported 10,913 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, which…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Department of Health officials discussed the availability of pediatric COVID-19 vaccines. “We would prevent over 18,000 cases, 80 hospitalizations, 42 cases of MIS-C, and 26 ICU admissions. And this is just for every million doses administered just to that 5 to 11 age group,” North Dakota Department of Health Immunization Director Molly Howell said….
