H1N1 NOVEL INFLUENZA
H1N1 kills healthy 13-year-old 
TORONTO — The swine flu death of an otherwise healthy hockey-playing teen came without warning and should serve as a lesson to parents to keep a close eye on their ill children, the boy’s grief-stricken father said Tuesday.
By Colin Perkel, Canadian Press , October 28, 2009
WHO: nearly 5,000 swine flu deaths worldwide
GENEVA (AP) — Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.
By Associated Press , October 23, 2009
Sioux Falls hospitals ask kids not to visit to combat H1N1
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's three largest hospital systems are asking kids 18 years and younger not to visit hospital patients and nursing home residents to help reduce the risk of spreading the H1N1 flu virus.
By Associated Press , October 23, 2009
Minn. baby who died of swine flu had heart ailment
ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) — The family of the Freeborn County infant who died of swine flu says the 5-week-old also had critical heart and lung ailments.
By Associated Press , October 23, 2009
Editorial: Fighting H1N1 right here
There’s more news about the novel H1N1 influenza virus on today’s front page, as H1N1 claimed more three more lives — including that of a woman from nearby Martin County.
By Daily Globe , October 23, 2009
Response to new FluLine service is “very heavy”
Officials at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) report that the response to their new phone-based service for people with flu symptoms has been “very heavy.”
By MN Department of Health, East Otter Tail Focus , October 22, 2009
Middle school student dies of H1N1
HASTINGS - Oliver Franklin Finley, age 11, a Hastings Middle School student and the son of Steve and Nancy Finley, died last Saturday afternoon of complications from the H1N1 flu virus.
By Bonnie St. James, The Hastings Star-Gazette , October 22, 2009
H1N1 fears hit schools, sports teams
PERHAM - Perhaps even more contagious than the virus itself is the rapidly spreading hype over this season’s H1N1 “swine flu” outbreak.
By Heidi Kratzke, East Otter Tail Focus , October 22, 2009
H1N1 blamed for 3 deaths, busy hotline
ST. PAUL - Callers to Minnesota's new flu hotline reported no answers, busy signals and long waits today as the Health Department said three more people died from H1N1 flu.
By Don Davis , October 22, 2009
NRCHS waiting on vaccinations
WORTHINGTON — With more than 99 percent of the influenza cases in the United States at this time designated as H1N1 novel influenza, Nobles-Rock Community Health Services officials have been talking about little else.
By Julie Buntjer , October 22, 2009
Toll-free line for H1N1 advice now available
ST. PAUL — Operators are standing by to answer calls from feverish, coughing and achy Minnesotans.
By Don Davis , October 22, 2009
Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind
SWIFTWATER, Pa. (AP) — The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Only 13 million have come through.
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM,Associated Press Writer , October 21, 2009
Newport Labs may hold key to H1N1
Local company's vaccine holds promise for swine industry
WORTHINGTON — For months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it doesn’t have a vaccine available to pork producers to protect swine against the novel H1N1 influenza virus.
By Julie Buntjer , October 21, 2009
Back from the H1N1 brink
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Earlier this month, Kelsey Mullenix had three questions for her family.
By JILL CALLISON, Argus Leader , October 20, 2009
Crookston cancels classes due to flu absences
CROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) — The Crookston School District is canceling classes for Wednesday due to a sudden increase in flu-related illnesses.
By Associated Press , October 20, 2009
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