Health

The Minnesota Department of Health has begun work on a one-year grant to identify and evaluate teen dating violence prevention programs in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Hutchinson Medical Center, selected by the Minnesota Department of Health to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine, will share its supply with area health care providers.

McLeod County Public Health will offer an H1N1 vaccination clinic 3 to 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9th.

By Kim Asche
University of Minnesota Extension
Regional Office, Hutchinson

When Lisa Hergenrader learned that the H1N1 vaccine would become available, she did what many parents of high-risk children have done: She contacted her clinic to request the vaccine for her 13-year-o

By Mary Caskey,
a health and nutrition educator, University of Minnesota Extension

By Kim Asche
University of Minnesota Extension
Regional Office, Hutchinson

The Minnesota Department of Health offers ideas on recognizing flu symptoms such as dehydration, and what to do about them.

Among the tips is this oral rehydration formula:
• 4 cups water