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Dunn County public health reports high flu activity; postpartum Medicaid extension stalled at state level
Summary
KT told the Health & Human Services Board that flu activity remains high, overdose fatality review work is underway locally, and a push to extend postpartum Medicaid from 60 days to six months is currently unlikely to get a legislative vote; KT offered to circulate bill language to board members.
KT, a member of Dunn County public health staff, briefed the Health and Human Services Board on multiple program and policy items, saying influenza activity has been unusually high but is now plateauing. KT noted the county is also seeing COVID-19 and some respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases.
"It has been a particularly nasty flu year and we are now plateauing," KT said, urging board members to keep practicing basic prevention steps and to review the community and…
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