By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Minnesota state health officials reported the first confirmed death of a Minnesota resident due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The death...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has confirmed the state’s first presumptive case of novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The case is an older adult resident...

Minnesota state health officials have reported a third travel-related case of measles in the state in less than six weeks, prompting officials to urge Minnesotans to make sure they and their families...

The measles outbreak in Minnesota increased by seven cases today, with the new case count at 41 confirmed. Of the 41 cases, 38 were reported in Hennepin County, two in Ramsey County and one in Crow Wing...

Three additional measles cases have been confirmed in the Minnesota outbreak, according to state health officials. This brings the total to 32 confirmed cases–30 in Hennepin County, one in Stearns...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) worked with local, state and federal partners this week to investigate an abnormal test result from routine air monitoring conducted in the Twin Cities metropolitan...

State health officials are urging all men who have sex with men (MSM) to be vaccinated for meningococcal meningitis as soon as possible. The public health alert comes in response to the recent death of...