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Dunn County public health warns low MMR coverage, updates on avian influenza and federal grant work; officials facing large open-records request
Summary
Katie, Public Health Director for Dunn County, told the board that the county’s MMR coverage at 24 months is about 76.9%, below the ~95% herd-immunity benchmark, and provided updates on influenza, RSV and highly pathogenic avian influenza cases and coordination with state and federal agencies.
Katie (last name not provided), Public Health Director for Dunn County, presented the department’s February report and briefed the board on several public-health issues: measles vaccination coverage, seasonal respiratory illnesses, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in animals, a federal grant application for rural health equity work and a broad open-records request from the state Legislature.
Measles and vaccines: Katie said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved its outbreak reporting to weekly updates; the current U.S. outbreak accounted for more than 130 cases, mostly among unvaccinated people. She showed county-level data indicating that 76.9% of Dunn County children were up to date on MMR at 24 months, below the ~95% coverage commonly cited to prevent measles spread. She noted that the CDC has reported hospitalizations and at least one child death in the recent outbreak. “It is one of the…
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