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Twin Cites hospitals are struggling amid a nationwide shortage of critical care and pain medications like fentanyl and morphine. These drug are critical for use in surgery and recovery.

The Minnesota Department of Health and pediatricians around the state are working together to ensure children receive the flu vaccine this season. The recommendation follows CDC’s report on data collected from the National Immunization Survey, which calls last year’s deadly flu season one of the worst in recent history.

Last week, Cargill recalled over 132,000 pounds of ground beef. Although the CDC has declared the outbreak over, it warns that ground beef products produced and packaged on June 21, 2018 could be contaminated.

Practitioners, scientists, allied industry personnel, and producers in the US have the opportunity to submit information on swine disease outbreaks and epidemics happening worldwide using the spontaneous reporting tool.

ASFWatch from the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety features a series of resources related to recent ASF outbreaks, including video and audio podcasts, timelines, maps, fact sheets, infographics, and other timely information.

Although it has not been officially reported to the OIE yet, preliminary reports indicate that ASF has been confirmed in two wild boars near the southern village of Étalle, in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

The United States and China, despite rising tariffs, trade heavily with each other. A developed trade partner like China reporting ASF demonstrates the real risk of foreign animal disease incursion to the United States.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking hunters to voluntarily submit samples to examine exposure and active infections of West Nile virus (WNV) in ruffed grouse.

Another outbreak of ASF occurred August 19th in Haizhou District of the city of Lianyungang, in the Jiangsu Province. This marks the third reported outbreak of ASF in China.

A bat was found by a passerby on a walking pathway between Lake Harriet band shell and Lyndale Park on August 10th. The bat subsequently died 2 days later and was submitted and tested positive for rabies on August 14th.