AM 1240 WJON » Minnesota Health Department http://wjon.com Fri, 17 May 2013 23:24:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Minnesota Marking National Infant Immunization Week http://wjon.com/minnesota-marking-national-infant-immunization-week/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-marking-national-infant-immunization-week/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:37:30 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=13336 National Infant Immunization Week starts Saturday, and it's taken on a special significance for Minnesota health officials this year. Kristen Ehresmann, director of infectious diseases for the state health department, points out that it's happening at the same time as a measles outbreak that grew to 21 confirmed cases as of Thursday.

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