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As more and more people become sick with various seasonal illnesses throughout Minnesota, both staff and medication shortages have the healthcare community asking for help.
Early RSV and influenza seasons combine with staffing shortages and COVID-19 to stress hospitals, especially pediatric facilities.
Common infectious disease in infants is combining with early start of influenza season to clog up Minnesota's pediatric beds and hospitals.
COVID-19 exacerbated a long-running increase in children seeking hospital care for mental disorders and state shortage of psychiatric beds.
Health experts expect things to become even more active with kids returning to school.