Tag: Seasonal Illness

Illness Prevention 

As we move deeper into the winter months illness will continue to spread throughout the community and schools. Ada Borup West and Norman County East school nurse Tracy Johnson tells us some of the illnesses she’s seeing spread around and what she recommends people do to stop the spread of these illnesses.  If you do…
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January 8, 2024 0

Importance of sleep during the flu season 

As students across the region start going back to school after Christmas break, illness will continue to spread across schools. Norman Mahnomen Public Health and School Nurse Tracy Johnson says that one thing that can help prevent the spread and infection of illness is getting an appropriate amount of sleep.  Johnson says that parents should…
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January 4, 2024 0

Riverwood’s Dr. David Taylor says ‘second wind’ of Seasonal Illness still ahead

Riverwood Healthcare Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Taylor shared some insights recently about the increases and impact of RSV and Influenza cases from the end of 2022 into the start of 2023, just as covid cases were beginning to wane. The non-word “tripledemic” may be trite and inaccurate, paraphrasing Dr Taylor, but it is true that three…
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January 23, 2023 0