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Crookston –‘Tis the season for a triple threat of respiratory illnesses: Influenza, COVID-19, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Fortunately, there are vaccines to protect the population from these illnesses, including a first-ever for RSV. The influenza vaccination has been available since the 1940s, and a vaccine for COVID-19 was approved in 2020. While scientists began […]
Virginia Biddison loves to learn. In her seven years as a registered nurse with RiverView Health’s Inpatient Unit and Emergency Department, she’s trained into positions as lead, preceptor, critical care nurse, second OB nurse, and floor nurse. Virginia’s desire to learn and grow as a professional has benefitted RiverView patients and earned her RiverView’s Employee
Bobbie Leas, then living in Washington, came home from shopping one day about seven years ago to find a fresh wound on her right heel and a shoe full of blood. Little did she know that day that the journey to get that wound healed would take six years, a move to Crookston, and the
The RiverView Auxiliary is now holding a Mitten Drive in the form of a Mitten Tree through November 30. The Mitten Tree is in front of the Limited Addition Gift Shop at RiverView Health. All are invited to “trim” the tree with donations of new children’s winter mittens, gloves, and hats. Please, no scarves. The
With more than 140 years of experience, RiverView’s radiologic technologists are critical members of the medical imaging team. They work alongside doctors and nurses to perform X-ray exams and other diagnostic imaging procedures, which can be vital in diagnosing certain medical conditions as well as preventing future illnesses. November 5 through 11 is National Radiologic
Thanks to the generosity of donors on Giving Hearts Day, February 9, RiverView Health’s Laboratory is using the latest technology in hematology analyzers. Hematology is the study of the physical parts of the blood. The new analyzer uses whole blood samples to provide information on each cell type in your blood and the overall physical
