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Study: Minn.'s uninsured rate tops 9 percent Feb 5 2010 12:57PM
A new study finds that nearly half a
million Minnesotans are living without health insurance.
The figures from the state Health Department show the percentage
of uninsured residents climbing to 9.1 percent in 2009, compared
with 7.2 percent in 2
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| Urban farmers fight local laws to sow green biz Feb 5 2010 4:47AM
Urban farmers are challenging city halls
across the country to rewrite zoning laws that govern residential
gardens.
They want to feed fellow urbanites locally grown vegetables and
fresh eggs, put city green spaces to good use and develop
sustai
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| Afghanistan: Blast at dog fight kills 3, wounds 26 Feb 5 2010 2:55AM
Police say an explosion outside a dog fight in
southern Afghanistan has killed at least three people and wounded
26.
Deputy provincial police chief Kamal Uddin says the
explosives-packed motorcycle was parked near a crowd gathered to
watch the
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| Swine flu levels remain low in Minnesota Feb 3 2010 6:33PM
The Health Department reports the swine
flu remains at a low ebb in the state, with no new outbreaks or
deaths in the past week.
The department released its weekly flu update on Wednesday. It
covers from Jan. 24 to Jan. 30.
There was one n
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 3 2010 2:13AM
The director of North Dakota's trade
office is resigning. Susan Geib has held the position since it was
created in 2004. She will leave the job March 31st to travel with
her husband, a professor at [[kxtopic:minnesota:t[Minnesota]:t]] State University
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| ND has new tobacco cessation program Feb 2 2010 10:23AM
North Dakota's Health Department is
launching a Web-based service designed to help tobacco users quit.
Tobacco cessation director Michelle Walker says state residents
can log on to www.nd.quitnet.com and get free help.
QuitNet services incl
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 1 2010 3:16AM
A Mitchell teen who was slain in November
has finally been laid to rest. Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Guevara's
body was found in the trunk of a burned car in a rural area near
Mitchell. Authorities say she had been stabbed and cut on the
throat. A 21-ye
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| New HIV, AIDS cases down in South Dakota in 2009 Jan 31 2010 6:05PM
The number of new HIV or AIDS cases in
South Dakota in 2009 was the smallest in five years.
The state Health Department reported 21 cases. That's down from
34 new cases in 2008 and the fewest since 19 cases in 2004.
South Dakota has reporte
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| RI: Pepper in salami may be source of salmonella Jan 28 2010 3:52PM
Health officials in Rhode Island say
black pepper used in salami is the possible cause of a salmonella
outbreak that sickened people in 40 states.
The Rhode Island Department of Health said Thursday that tests
showed the same strain of salmonell
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| Swine flu activity remains low in Minnesota Jan 27 2010 3:17PM
Swine flu activity in Minnesota remains
low and there were no deaths reported last week.
The Minnesota Health Department released its weekly updated on
Wednesday.
It shows there were no school outbreaks from Jan. 17 to Jan. 23,
no outbreak
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 27 2010 1:35AM
Republican candidate Mike Parry has won
the special election in southern Minnesota for a seat his party has
long controlled.
With about 85 percent of the unofficial vote counted, Parry had
about 43 percent of the vote to Democrat Jason Engbrecht
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Jan 26 2010 4:13PM
Governor Tim Pawlenty will deliver his
final State of the State address at the Minnesota Capitol on
February eleventh. The Republican governor's office says he will
make the speech in the House chamber, just down the hall from his
office. Pawlenty is
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| Albert Lea nursing home, exaides face lawsuit Jan 26 2010 11:26AM
An Albert Lea nursing home and four fired
aides are being sued over alleged abuse of residents with dementia
and Alzheimer's disease.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Freeborn County accuses the nursing
assistants of abuse over four months in 2008.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 24 2010 5:59PM
Repair crews in the Dakotas have been
working round-the-clock to restore power to thousands of customers
who lost service during icy weather.
South Dakota officials say about 10,000 customers were without
power there Sunday morning. While in Nor
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 24 2010 4:34PM
Repair crews in the Dakotas have been
working round-the-clock to restore power to thousands of customers
who lost service during icy weather.
South Dakota officials say about 10,000 customers were without
power there Sunday morning. While in Nor
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| ND Health Department touts Tobacco Quitline Jan 24 2010 4:27PM
North Dakota's health department says the
state Tobacco Quitline has saved more than $5 million in health
care costs since it began in September 2004.
Quitline coordinator Michelle Walker says nearly 1,800 callers
have stopped using tobacco with
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| Report: Pa. hospital erred as dying man was robbed Jan 22 2010 9:13AM
A Pennsylvania [[kxtopic:health-department:t[Health Department]:t]] report says
a nurse twice called the name of a Philadelphia man who died of a
heart attack in a hospital waiting room but never went to look for
him.
The report issued Thursday
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| Minn. food company expands product recall to CO Jan 20 2010 7:08PM
State health officials say a Minnesota food
company that voluntarily recalled dips and spreads nationwide two
weeks ago has expanded the order to include products sold in
Colorado.
The state health department said Wednesday that the products
fr
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jan 15 2010 6:46AM
The South Dakota Legislature will hold its
annual service to honor the memory of deceased lawmakers next
Thursday. The committee in charge of the service is asking people
to send in the names of former state senators and representatives
who died duri
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 14 2010 4:13PM
The Miles City Council has censured
Mayor Joe Whalen after he was ticketed for driving without a valid
driver's license, registration and insurance.
The council voted 5-2 Tuesday to issue the censure, which
Council President Mark Ahner likened t
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| 2 clinic workers fired for refusing flu shots Jan 14 2010 1:25PM
Officials with RiverStone Health in
Billings confirm that two employees were fired, one resigned and
one retired after refusing to get flu shots.
RiverStone Health was formerly known as the Yellowstone
City-County Health Department.
RiverS
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Jan 14 2010 6:53AM
Among the plans being considered by state
lawmakers to deal with a huge budget deficit, is one that
temporarily withholds nearly $1 billion in state aid to schools.
The plan unveiled at a legislative committee meeting yesterday
would withhold the a
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 14 2010 1:45AM
Minnesota's management and budget
commissioner says the state is in danger of running a negative cash
balance in the month of April, and may need to delay state payments
to school districts in order to keep enough cash on hand.
Commissioner Tom
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Jan 13 2010 4:27PM
Swine flu infections remain low in
Minnesota, even as the state health department reports another
confirmed death. With the health department's latest weekly
swine-flu update, the count is now at 55 people who have died from
the virus in the state.
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| Report: Swine flu infections remain low in Minn. Jan 13 2010 2:28PM
Swine flu infections remain low in
Minnesota, although the Minnesota Department of Health is reporting
one more confirmed death.
The Health Department released its weekly update on swine flu in
the state on Wednesday.
There was one reporte
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 12 2010 4:13PM
The [[kxtopic:american-lung-association:t[American Lung Association]:t]] has given
North Dakota mixed grades in its annual state-by-state look at
tobacco control efforts.
The association gives North Dakota an A for being the only state
to fund t
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| Saltloving mayor seeks to trim it from NYC diets Jan 11 2010 3:03PM
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants
restaurants and food makers to cut down on the amount of salt in
their products. But he admits he uses "a lot" of salt himself,
even on his pizza.
The city set guidelines Monday recommending maximum amounts
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| NYC asks food manufacturers to cut salt content Jan 11 2010 1:25PM
New York City health officials have already
battled calories and trans fat. Now, they're taking on salt.
The city health department released guidelines Monday
recommending a maximum amount of salt that should be in all sorts
of manufactured and
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Eye on Health - H1N1 Clinic Jan 11 2010 11:35AM
H1N1 clinics have become pretty commonplace across the area now...
This after vaccine shortages in the fall led to only certain people being able to get the vaccine...
Monday First District Health Unit will be holding another clinic at the All Season
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jan 11 2010 6:46AM
A Custer man says he's circulating a
nominating petition to run as an independent candidate for South
Dakota's U.S. House seat in November. The 61-year-old B. Thomas
Marking says he's a North Dakota native who spent 28 years working
in the federal go
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| State promotes 150 minutes of weekly exercise Jan 11 2010 5:43AM
The state Health Department is sponsoring a
Web-based get fit challenge in which participants can log their
daily activity and win prizes.
The "Get Fit in 150" program promotes 150 minutes of moderate
intensity physical activity each week.
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| Swine flu labeled sporadic in SD Jan 11 2010 5:36AM
The state Health Department said it's
distributed nearly 400,000 doses of swine flu vaccine since it
became available in early October.
The latest report from the department characterizes swine flu
cases as sporadic in South Dakota. Twenty-three
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| Health Department kicks off vaccination campaign Jan 10 2010 5:15AM
The Health Department is kicking off a
new push to get Minnesotans vaccinated against the seasonal and
swine flus.
The campaign is called "Ban the Bug" and it starts Sunday to
coincide with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
Natio
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| ND Health Dept. says state OK on smog rules Jan 8 2010 5:22AM
North Dakota's Health Department says the
state's smog levels are mostly below a proposed new federal range
for ozone pollution.
Smog is another name for ground-level ozone, and the
Environmental Protection Agency says it's cutting smog limits t
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| Afghan blast kills 4 children, wounds US soldiers Jan 6 2010 8:24AM
It's been another deadly day in Afghanistan, where
officials now say four children and a policeman died in an
explosion at a U.S.-funded road project.
The health department chief also says 81 people, most of them
schoolchildren, were injured. Th
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 4 2010 10:58AM
The National Weather Service says
southeast South Dakota is in for more snow and dangerously cold
weather.
Forecasters say snow is expected to develop Tuesday night in the
central part of the state, then spread into western Iowa and
Minnesota W
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jan 4 2010 6:32AM
An associate dean at Texas Tech has been
chosen to head up a new Department of Architecture at South Dakota
State University. Brian Rex will develop curriculum for the
undergraduate and graduate program and will teach the first classes
in the fall 20
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| Rural SD hospitals get grants for technology Jan 4 2010 5:43AM
The state Health Department is distributing
$244,376 in federal grants to help 16 rural hospitals in South
Dakota upgrade their technology.
Health Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth says rural hospitals
sometimes don't have the money to adapt to new
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 2 2010 4:13PM
A Bismarck man has pleaded not guilty to
murder in the death of his infant son.
Twenty-year-old Aarin Cratty entered the plea Thursday before
South Central District Judge Gail Hagerty.
Cratty's 3-month-old son, Hank Allen Arden Cratty, died
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| Proposed water rules would allow more sulfate in Sheyenne River... Jan 2 2010 5:15AM
North Dakota's Health Department is
proposing new rules that say part of the Sheyenne River shouldn't
be used for municipal drinking water.
The change would allow the Devils Lake floodwater outlet to pump
more water into the Sheyenne next year.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 2 2010 2:13AM
A Dickinson woman is praising a newspaper
carrier who saw smoke coming from the woman's house and awoke her
and her two children.
Rodney Hauck says he noticed smoke coming from a corner of the
house just before 7 a.m. Thursday.
Angie Brans
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jan 2 2010 2:13AM
A former supervisor at a Grand Forks
mental-health treatment center has pleaded guilty to forging
prescriptions for painkillers. Tami Byzewski will be sentenced Feb.
17. She could receive three years of probation and 50 hours of
community service u
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| ND change would let more sulfate in Sheyenne River Jan 1 2010 1:53PM
North Dakota's Health Department is
proposing new water-quality rules that would allow sharply higher
sulfate levels in part of the Sheyenne River that's being used to
drain floodwater from Devils Lake.
The prospect of more sulfates in the river
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jan 1 2010 2:13AM
Starting today, train engines in North
Dakota no longer have to blow a warning whistle when they're going
through a private railroad crossing. The state has about 5,000
railroad crossings. About 1,300 of them are private.
MINOT, N.D. (AP)
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 31 2009 4:13PM
A stinky envelope delivered to the Traill
County sheriff's department caused a brief evacuation of a county
building.
The brown manila envelope was addressed to Sheriff Mike Crocker.
It had several pages of what was described as anti-governmen
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 31 2009 1:45AM
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he might appeal a
judge's ruling ordering him to reinstate money he cut from a food
program for the poor.
The cuts to that program were just a slice of the $2.7 billion
in cuts the Republican governor announced this summer
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| Minn. swine flu deaths rise 1 in past week to 52 Dec 30 2009 2:21PM
The death toll from the swine flu
pandemic has risen to 52 in Minnesota after a week of decreasing
virus activity.
A Minnesota Department of Health spokesman said the latest
victim was a Hennepin County resident in his or her 50s. No more
infor
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 22 2009 3:51AM
Gallatin County authorities say they have
suspended the search for a 67-year-old Bozeman woman who has been
missing since Friday.
Sheriff James Cashell says the search for Carolyn Rogers was
suspended when frozen river waters at Headwaters State
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 21 2009 3:45PM
The state Land Board faced down stiff
opposition Monday and voted in favor of leasing vast coal tracts in
eastern Montana.
The state's top elected officials, all Democrats, bucked a key
constituency by making a vote that could lead to more coal
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| Plan in place to stifle Missoula stench Dec 21 2009 1:25PM
The Missoula Wastewater Treatment Plant
and a local composting business have dropped the blame game and are
making changes to eliminate foul odors in a Missoula neighborhood.
The utility and EKO Compost used to point fingers at one another
over
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 19 2009 4:27PM
A woman accused of taking part in a
police standoff that ended in a barrage of gunfire has pleaded
guilty to two lesser charges.
Jacquelin Mink entered the plea Friday to charges of reckless
endangerment and conspiracy to commit robbery. She had
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| No decision this month on Devils Lake Dec 19 2009 5:43AM
North Dakota's environmental health chief
says a decision on whether to allow the state Water Commission to
release more Devils Lake floodwaters into the Sheyenne River is not
likely by the end of the year.
Dave Glatt with the state Health Depar
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 19 2009 2:14AM
Police have arrested a Rapid City man
suspected of shooting another man outside the Lakota Nation
Invitational basketball tournament.
Police say 19-year-old Simon Torres is accused of attempted
murder.
The shooting happened Wednesday night
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 18 2009 11:05AM
A South Dakota company has been awarded
$20 million in stimulus money to help expand broadband Internet
service to rural areas of South Dakota.
SDN Communications will use the money to bring broadband to 305
hospitals, schools, libraries and pub
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| Governor gets swine flu shot, urges all to get Dec 18 2009 10:23AM
Gov. Mike Rounds has been vaccinated for the
swine flu, and he is urging all South Dakotans to get shots to
protect against the H1N1 strain and the seasonal flu.
The governor says vaccination efforts until now have focused on
those most at risk
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| Hotel not source of fatal Legionnaires' disease Dec 16 2009 6:54PM
A public health official says a guest who died from
Legionnaires' disease after staying at a luxury Miami hotel did not
contract the disease there.
Dr. Vincent Conte said Wednesday that the EPIC Hotel was not the
source of the fatal strain. The
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| Minn. has 6 more swine flu deaths Dec 16 2009 1:04PM
Minnesota health officials are reporting
six more deaths from swine flu in the past week.
That makes 50 confirmed swine flu deaths in Minnesota since May.
The state has also recorded five unspecified flu deaths and one
other influenza B-associ
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| Big crowd expected in Blaine for open flu clinic Dec 16 2009 5:15AM
Anoka County health officials are bracing
for a big crowd at their first mass swine flu vaccination clinic
that's open to everyone.
The clinic starts at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the National Sports
Center in Blaine and runs through 7 p.m.
On Mond
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 16 2009 1:45AM
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is
believed to be considering a presidential bid in 2012, will be the
keynote speaker at a New Hampshire Republican event Wednesday
evening.
Pawlenty is scheduled to address the Republican Senate Majority
Commit
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| Minn. got 9,300 doses of recalled vaccine Dec 15 2009 1:18PM
Health officials say Minnesota got 9,300
doses of the swine flu vaccine subject to a voluntary national
recall.
Immunization chief Kris Ehresmann says the doses were sent to 25
providers in the state in early- to-mid-November.
Because the
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| Gotta love it! NYC holds condom contest Dec 15 2009 11:47AM
New York City wants to "keep people excited"
about safe sex, and is sponsoring a contest for the design of the
wrapper for the city's next official condom.
The city health department is inviting the public to submit
suggestions for a special lim
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 15 2009 2:13AM
South Dakota's congressional delegation is
pushing for strong federal funding of two projects the delegation
deems critical.
Sens. Tim Johnson and John Thune and U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth
Sandlin met Monday with Peter Orszag, director of the f
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 15 2009 1:45AM
Minneapolis is laying off six police officers
and 19 recruits just before Christmas.
The cuts, which also include 30 civilian positions, are part of
an $8 million budget reduction.
The cuts will take effect next Tuesday. The recruits are
s
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| Health Department opens swine flu shots to all Dec 14 2009 3:31PM
Swine flu vaccine is being made widely
available in Minnesota under new guidelines from the Minnesota
Health Department.
The department loosened its restrictions for the vaccine on
Monday. The decision takes effect Wednesday.
The departmen
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| Legionnaires' hits 3 former guests of Miami hotel Dec 14 2009 3:24PM
About 300 guests have been moved from a luxury
Miami hotel after Legionnaires' disease struck at least three
former guests since October. One of them died.
Health officials say the guests at the EPIC Hotel were sent to
nearby hotels Saturday to
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| Jackley wants prescription drug program Dec 14 2009 2:42PM
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley
says he would like to see a bill in the Legislature next year to
create a prescription drug monitoring program.
Jackley says the misuse of prescription drugs is a growing
problem statewide. He says the
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| Health Sec pleased with vaccine effort Dec 13 2009 6:11AM
State Health Secretary Doneen
Hollingsworth says the medical community and public should be
commended for their willingness to give at-risk groups the first
chance at swine flu vaccine.
She says it would be difficult if some doctors decided to g
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HIV/AIDS Cases Dec 12 2009 9:08PM
The number of new HIV/AIDS cases has set a record in North Dakota.
With numbers for December still to come, the state has seen 37 new cases this year.
The previous record was 28 cases last year.
The state Health Department attributes much of the increa
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 12 2009 4:13PM
A Fargo mother and her neighbor face charges
of child neglect after three children were found wandering outside.
Charges against Lesley Carol Youngbird and Ashley Hahn were
filed this week in Cass County District Court.
A police report says
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| AIDS cases rise in ND Dec 12 2009 6:32AM
The number of new HIV/AIDS cases has
set a record in North Dakota.
With numbers for December still to come, the state has seen 37
new cases this year. The previous record was 28 cases last year.
The state Health Department attributes much o
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 11 2009 4:27PM
South Dakota's health department is
making the H1N1 flu vaccine available to the general public
starting Monday.
Until now, the vaccine had been going to health care workers and
those considered most at risk.
Health Secretary Doneen Hollin
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 11 2009 3:52PM
A spokesman for Montana Sen. Max Baucus says
the senator's girlfriend met with his divorce attorney in 2007,
months before the senator and his wife separated.
The spokesman says Melodee Hanes later received a nearly $14,000
pay raise from Baucus
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| State expands flu vaccinations Dec 11 2009 11:12AM
The state Health Department is making
the H1N1 flu vaccine available to the general public starting
Monday.
Until now, the vaccine had been going to health care workers and
those considered most at risk.
Health Secretary Doneen Hollingswor
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Dec 10 2009 6:46AM
A half dozen cases of chronic wasting
disease were found among 667 samples from deer and elk tested in
South Dakota over a recent five-month period. The state has found
118 cases of CWD since testing began in 1997. All infected animals
were in the so
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Dec 10 2009 5:22AM
Authorities in Utah are looking for a urine
thief. Someone broke into a health department office in Logan and
swiped 17 urine samples. Officials say the pee was stored in a
locked refrigerator as part of a drug-testing program. Nothing else
was stole
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Flu Numbers Show Continued Drop-off Dec 9 2009 7:17PM
A third person has died of the flu in North Dakota.
The State Health Department reports three total deaths this flu season - up from two deaths the previous week.
All three of the victims were age 60 or older.
Meanwhile, the weekly report on the flu s
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Dec 9 2009 4:13PM
Northeast District Judge Michael
Sturdevant says he'll rule by Christmas in a dispute between the
state and the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe over the University of North
Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname. North Dakota's Board of Higher
Education wants Stur
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| ND has third flu death Dec 9 2009 1:04PM
North Dakota has its third flu death.
The state Health Department says the victim was a woman over 60
in the southwestern part of the state who had an underlying medical
condition.
The department has now confirmed about 3,200 influenza case
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3rd Flu Death Dec 9 2009 12:58PM
A third person has died of the flu in North Dakota.
The State Health Department reports three total deaths this flu season - up from two deaths the previous week.
All three of the victims were age 60 or older.
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 9 2009 11:12AM
A storm system that moved eastward
across the Plains brought dangerously cold weather to the Dakotas.
The National Weather Service on Wednesday morning said wind
chill advisories were in place in North Dakota and South Dakota,
with the combinati
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