Senior living facility quarantines patients to prevent spread of norovirus
As illness is spreading around the state, one patient says their senior living facility is keeping residents separated to prevent more people from getting sick.
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As illness is spreading around the state, one patient says their senior living facility is keeping residents separated to prevent more people from getting sick.
The so-called "quad-demic" is packing emergency rooms with sick patients. And as Frankie McLister reports, it is also putting assisted living homes on lockdown.
Twin Cities hospital leaders will be meeting again this week to game plan for the surge in patients visiting emergency rooms.
Four illnesses are filling Minnesota hospitals, and health leaders are warning you that Minnesota is dealing with a "quad-demic."
Across the nation, the healthcare system is taking a beating as flu, COVID, RSV and norovirus cases continue to strain resources and slow down patient care.
But what kind of sickness do your symptoms point to? Here's a breakdown for COVID-19, flu and more — and why testing is so important.
The new recommendations apply to COVID-19 and other viruses, like flu and RSV.
The challenge of stopping the spread of the trifecta of respiratory diseases — flu, RSV and COVID — falls on everyone.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking the spread of the flu, RSV and COVID-19 this winter.
If you have some post-holiday sniffles, you're not alone.
New data from CDC shows a troubling jump in the number of patients with COVID, Flu and RSV needing to be hospitalized. In health watch this evening, Danya Bacchus has more on how you can try to keep your family healthy.
"COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising quickly," the CDC said, and the new variant JN.1 is making up an increasing share of cases.
The Minnesota Department of Health reports RSV hospitalization rates have increased substantially in the past week. Most cases involve babies and toddlers ages four and under.
Doctors at Children's Minnesota Clinic in West St. Paul say there's a surge in RSV cases. The illness is peaking later than last year, when case rates were three times more prevalent.
The new Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) shot for babies approved three months ago, is now in short supply.
Dr. Lichtsinn said with symptoms so similar, staying home should be your first choice. She believes employers should have some wiggle room.
It’s the season where we all seem to be getting sick. So what can you do so you have your colleagues coughing next? While many people will work through it, Ubah Ali explains why that's not the right prescription.
The U.S. has more tools than ever before to try to keep people healthy.
Expectant parents could soon have another new option this fall to protect their newborns from RSV, the most common cause of hospitalization in American infants.
The respiratory infection RSV is the leading cause for hospitalizations in infants.
Respiratory syncytial virus is the leading cause of hospitalization in American infants.
RSV, a common virus that causes mild cold-like symptoms, can be serious especially for infants or older adults. The illness is still spreading at a high rate in Minnesota.
With the holidays approaching, health leaders are urging people to stay home if they're sick to combat the spread of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, and more, will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.
The flu is making so many children sick that some Minnesota hospitals are running out of room and transferring patients to hospitals that have an open bed.
