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Measles threat detected in Twin Cities, troubling public health officials
Experts say unvaccinated people are at risk after three unrelated cases were diagnosed.
July 4th was a COVID spreader in Minnesota, though illnesses far below pandemic peaks
Positivity rates of COVID-19 tests at urgent-care clinics in the east metro rise from 3% in May to 10% in June to nearly 30% now.
Essentia clinic and hospital providers vote to unionize across northeast Minnesota
Nurse practitioners and others celebrate unionization in attempt to gain control over medical practice, even as Essentia appeals federal ruling that permitted the vote.
Minnesota mental health patients stay 25 hours longer than necessary in ER because of shortages
More treatment beds will help in short term, but advocates hope for more services that prevent mental health crises in the first place.
Hennepin EMS seeks paramedic diversity to boost outcomes for minority patients
Foster child-turned first responder-turned breast cancer survivor-turned paramedic is payoff from Hennepin Healthcare's efforts to increase diversity, fix racial disparities in patient care.
Leaving surgical objects in patients rare but growing problem in Minnesota
A lawsuit over a sponge left inside a patient at a Duluth hospital underscores the consequences of an error that is deemed preventable.
Most patients quit GLP-1 drugs in two years, jeopardizing their weight loss
Update by Eagan-based Prime Therapeutics finds more patients quitting the popular weight-loss medications because of cost, access or short-term success.
COVID on the rise everywhere else — is Minnesota next?
Viral variants driving infections in other states are present in Minnesota, creating potential for another post-holiday bump in illnesses.
Minnesotans now need only doctor's OK for medical cannabis
Legislative changes took effect Monday that remove barriers from Minnesota's medical cannabis program after nine years of cautious expansion.
Demand for magnetic therapy in Minnesota prompts expansion of the depression treatment
Transcranial magnetic stimulation gained little attention for years, but emerged in the post-pandemic era as more Minnesotans grappled with depression.