FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Cass Public Health is starting the season of vaccinations. As the school year is soon to kick off for grade schoolers and college students, the need to vaccinate may be required. “No vaccine is perfect. And I think we all know that we’ve seen even, especially Pertussis, we’ve seen people that are vaccinated against pertussis…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — As part of National Immunization Awareness Month, Fargo Cass Public Health is helping families get ready for the school year with immunization clinics throughout August. Children, teens and young adults are required to have certain immunizations before entering school, to help prevent serious diseases like measles, meningitis and whooping cough. All of the clinics will take…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Measles, it’s one of the most contagious infectious diseases that can live up in the air for 2 hours. “And so, you have that entire like two-week period where you don’t know where you caught it. You don’t know how contagious you’ve been. Typically you’re actually contagious right when that first fever starts, but who…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Protect Our Care Minnesota are joining forces against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becoming Health and Human Services Secretary. They are concerned about Kennedy’s views on vaccines and what they say is his disregard of science and public health. They believe if he were to take office, Minnesotans would be at…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Local health professionals came together to discuss preparations and recommendations on respiratory illnesses that impact people the most through the fall and winter period. “For North Dakota to become the healthiest state in the nation, it’s very important for all North Dakotan’s to be engaged. And making decisions that safeguard their health and improve their wellbeing….
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — There has been a measles outbreak in the Twin Cities. The state’s Department of Health says most cases are among unvaccinated kids in the Somali community. With 36 confirmed cases, 35 of them being people within the state and one visiting. About one-third of the patients were hospitalized. It is the biggest measles outbreak since 2017…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With the school year starting in just a few weeks, Sanford Health wants to make sure your kids are up to date with their vaccines. By making an appointment with your physician for a check-up you can stay up to date on both your vaccines and health. If students also need a physical for sports they…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is rapidly spreading in Cass County, with 12 reported cases in the past month. Typically there are just eight cases in an average year. Fargo Cass Public Health says people with pertussis usually spread it by coughing or sneezing while in close contact with others. It is highly contagious and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The CDC reports this latest flu vaccine has reduced hospitalizations among children by nearly three quarters and nearly half of all adults. “It’s transmitted by little droplets, water droplets that go through the air and you don’t necessarily have to see them or see the sneeze in the light as it’s coming towards you. You could…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A Senate bill would outright ban all MRNA-based vaccines in North Dakota. According to the CDC, MRNA is created in a lab to teach our cells how to make a protein. That triggers an immune response which produces antibodies and protects people from getting sick. According to the Cleveland Clinic, MRNA vaccines are also used to…
