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Health reminder: be vigilant for ticks and tick-borne illness symptoms

...experience mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. However, people who have compromised immune systems may develop severe illness.With the exception of powassan, which is caused by a virus, the Minnesota Department of Health reports all other...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-24/health-reminder-be-vigilant-ticks-an
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Flu season arrives early

...stomach virus. Instead it is a contagious respiratory disease that attacks the nose, throat and lungs with a mild to severe illness that, in some cases, may lead to death. Symptoms include a fever, dry cough, sore throat, headache, extreme...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-01-06/flu-season-arrives-early
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What's Doing-June 3

...benefiting the Brighter Days Foundation. The foundation will be helping four local children who are battling chronic, severe illnesses and their families.The playhouses will be unveiled at the June 10 event.Cost for dinner is $10 for adults and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/whats-doing/2012-06-01/whats-doing-june-3
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Additional case of H3N2v swine flu confirmed in state

...can include a sore throat, coughing, fever, headache, muscle aches and fatigue. People who are at risk for severe illness or become severely ill with influenza-like symptoms should see a physician. Because influenza is caused by a virus...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-08-29/additional-case-h3n2v-swine-flu-conf
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Inflluenza clinics arrive with fall

...stomach virus. Instead it is a contagious respiratory disease that attacks the nose, throat and lungs with a mild to severe illness that, in some cases, may lead to death. Symptoms include a fever, dry cough, sore throat, headache, extreme...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-09-21/inflluenza-clinics-arrive-fall
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One family's unusual story unleashes Internet's dark side

...portrait of the extreme challenges and complex emotions that confront a spouse and family dealing with a loved one's severe illness.To my mind, and those of many others, Ivie showed considerable personal courage in cooperating with Baer when...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2012-01-15/one-familys-unusual
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State bites back against West Nile virus

...headache, body aches, skin rash and swollen lymph glands. Less than 1 percent of infected people develop the more severe illness encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain. Of the few people who develop encephalitis, a small proportion die...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/072702/072702/sne_0727020026.shtml
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West Nile found in humans in Minnesota

...department each day, but so far only the two tested positive for West Nile, Neitzel said. "For people that have severe illness, I think physicians have been pretty good about submitting samples to us," he said. Hull said the threat of any...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/083002/sne_0830020005.shtml
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FDA approves sale of first nasal mist flu vaccine

...strains expected to be active during the 2003-2004 flu season. These include two types of influenza A, which causes severe illness, and one type of influenza B, which causes a milder form of the disease. The live virus in the vaccine has been...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/061803/hea_0618030010.html
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Avian flu almost certain to hit Minnesota

...epidemics. The latter is known as "highly pathogenic avian influenza." This form is characterized by sudden onset, severe illness and rapid death. Mortality can approach 100 percent. Fifteen subtypes of influenza virus are known to infect birds...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/020704/out_0207040012.shtml
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