The Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics shares with the state’s childcare workers and school leaders a similar goal of keeping children healthy and safeguarding them as they grow and learn. It is understandable that after years of stress and uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, increased cases of other respiratory illness, […]
Join the Early Childhood Work Group on Monday, November 28th, from 12:15 pm – 1 pm. via Zoom for its next installment in the speaker series. This lunchtime event will feature Dr. Michael Georgieff, Martin Lenz Harrison Land Grant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, where he is executive vice-chair of Pediatrics, and Co-Director […]
By Chad Fahning, MNAAP Lobbyist DFL incumbents Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan were reelected to serve four more years in office. The DFL constitutional officers all went DFL as well, with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Secretary of State Steve Simon, and State Auditor Julie Blaha all winning reelection. In his concession, […]
Close to 30 people dedicated their Thursday evening to discussing topics they believed the chapter should focus on in the upcoming legislative session as part of the MNAAP Policy Roundtable Discussion. The group met via Zoom. After a brief overview of the election results and political landscape from MNAAP Lobbyist Chad Fahning, policy co-chairs Sue […]
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Weekly Influenza and Respiratory Illness Activity Report for the week ending in Nov. 5 showed a serious uptick in the number of outbreaks of influenza-like illness (ILI) reported in schools. The report indicated 97 new outbreaks in schools across Minnesota, compared with 15 outbreaks the week before. K-12 schools report […]
