Archive for the 'Wellness' Category
North Dakota Women’s Health Summit Scheduled For Oct. 6
0 Comments Published September 29th, 2008 in North Dakota People, Politics and Government, Wellness.First Lady Mikey Hoeven will be co-hosting the 2008 Women’s Health Summit on Oct. 6, along with North Dakotans Partnering For Women’s Health. Read more about it here.
North Dakota Working To Address Health Care Worker Shortage
1 Comment Published September 29th, 2008 in Wellness.According to this Public News Service article, North Dakota is working to address a health care worker shortage. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given a $1.2 million grant to University of ND to fund Area Health Care Education Centers to help train new healthcare workers in local communities.
What a great idea [...]
A recent Hantavirus death in Hettinger, North Dakota has somewhat unnerved me. Hantavirus is a respiratory disease carried by mice and other rodents. Humans can catch it when rodent urine or feces are disturbed and the virus gets into the air, although I understand that it isn’t transmitted between humans.
I remember this being prevalent in [...]
