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What to know during this rough flu season

Patsy Stinchfield, nurse practitioner on staff at Children’s Minnesota, spoke with Mike Mulcahy about why the 2016/2017 flu season is so bad and what families can do about it. Listen to the full Minnesota Public Radio interview here: It’s been a rough flu season. How worried should you be?

By Alexandra Erritt
February 20, 2018

Tags: Education, Flu, Influenza, Vaccine

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