Grand Forks plans a mobile vaccine clinic, changes to local COVID-19 risk gauge
Grand Forks Public Health staff plan to roll out a mobile vaccination clinic that they ll take to different spots around town in an effort to make it easier for residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. They also plan to change the Grand Forks Health Officer s Dashboard, a gauge that uses Grand Forks County coronavirus data to put together a daily assessment of the risk the virus poses to people here. 9:00 am, May 22, 2021 ×
In this Grand Forks Herald file photo, Samantha Ketterling, pharmacy manager at Thrifty White, draws a dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at Valley Senior Living in Grand Forks. (Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald)
Altru Continues to Require Patients and Visitors Wear Masks
Staff Feature
Grand Forks, N.D. - Altru Health System is prioritizing the safety of our staff, patients and community. Altru will follow CDC recommendations to continue requiring our patients and visitors to continue to wear masks in any Altru facility. While CDC guidance may be changing for people vaccinated for COVID-19, the changes do not apply to healthcare settings. Thank you for your understanding and assistance as we work to ensure a healthy environment for our patients and staff.
Altru will share additional updates through local media, social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and on our website: Altru.org/Coronavirus
Altru continues to require patients, visitors to wear masks
Times Report
Crookston Times
Altru Health System is prioritizing the safety of their staff, patients and community, and will follow CDC recommendations to continue requiring patients and visitors to continue to wear masks in any Altru facility. While CDC guidance may be changing for people vaccinated for COVID- 19, the changes do not apply to healthcare settings.
“Thank you for your understanding and assistance as we work to ensure a healthy environment for our patients and staff.”
Altru will share additional updates through local media, social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and at Altru.org/Coronavirus
Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health June 2-4 Will Be Virtual
Devils Lake Journal
Grand Forks – The 36th Annual Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, taking place June 2-4, will be presented virtually. Registration is now open with reduced fees. The conference includes four keynote addresses, 18 sessions, eight intensive sessions, and a legislative policy panel. Continuing education credits will be available. For participants registered for the full conference, there will be a limited number of enduring credits available for one year after the conference, and all presentation recordings will be available.
The Dakota Conference provides an opportunity for healthcare professionals, educators, and students to share strategies for building and sustaining healthy communities in North Dakota. It includes two and one half days of pre- and post-conference meetings, keynote speakers, breakout sessions, poster presentations, and an awards banquet.
Scientists at UND and beyond are excited about two superantigens and their benefits.
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Sam Easter/Special for Prairie Business | 8:00 am, May 11, 2021 ×
David Bradley, associate professor of biomedical sciences at the University of North Dakota, with graduate student Nathan Velaris in a research lab at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences.Image: Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
For years, medical researchers at the University of North Dakota and beyond have been working on how to fight cancer more effectively with “superantigens” – substances that produce a powerful immune response in the body.
And this year, scientists are especially excited about a recent discovery: two superantigens that, along with a “helper” molecule, decrease tumors and dramatically lengthen the lives of mice with cancer – and crucially, do it without the negative side effects that often come with superantigen treatments.