By Brad Meyer on 4/29/2009 8:38 AM

State and local public health officials in Minnesota responding aggressively to potential swine flu threat

Testing of lab specimens from patients with “flu-like” symptoms has so far found no confirmed or probable cases in state

State and local public health officials are taking aggressive steps in response to the unusual strain of swine influenza that has been making people ill in Mexico and parts of the U.S.

Since last Thursday, officials at the Minnesota Department of Health have been asking hospitals and physicians to submit specimens for testing if they have any patients with the kind of respiratory symptoms that typically characterize influenza.

Health care providers are also being advised to contact MDH if they have patients with flu-like symptoms who have been to Mexico or to parts of the U.S. with confirmed cases of the unusual swine flu strain – or patients who have had contact with sick people who had been to ... Read More »