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Maura Lerner

Investigative reporter | Health

Phone: 612-673-7384

Maura Lerner is a medical writer and investigative reporter on the Star Tribune’s health team. Her work includes coverage of disease outbreaks and stories about doctors disciplined by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice. Her reporting has been recognized by the National Press Club, the Society for Professional Journalists, the Minnesota Associated Press and the Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Award. Before joining the Star Tribune, Lerner was a senior producer for the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour on PBS, and a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Children's hospice campaign begins in Minnesota

It’s been more than 15 years since a Twin Cities group announced plans to build a hospice and respite-care facility...

Updated: May 22, 2013, - 10:51 AM

Autism insurance mandate wins in Minnesota

Advocates cheered the move, though it will only apply to a fraction of Minnesota employers.

Updated: May 21, 2013, - 09:29 PM

Salmonella outbreak that sickened 25 linked to raw milk

Mexican-style cheese was delivered to homes and possibly was sold on the street.

Updated: May 20, 2013, - 10:10 PM

Hospitals fight delirium with volunteer help

“High touch, low tech” approach helps hospitals head off delirium in elderly patients, who go home healthier and earlier.

Updated: May 17, 2013, - 10:55 PM

Less medicine for overwhelmed patients

It’s hard enough to live with a chronic condition like diabetes, says Dr. Victor Montori of the Mayo Clinic. But...

Updated: May 13, 2013, - 09:31 AM

'Care guides' show another face of health reform in Minnesota

The guides are part of a fast-growing, and hotly debated, trend in medicine: Putting people with minimal (if any) medical expertise on the front lines — with titles like patient navigator or coach — to help improve care, and rein in the costs, of patients with chronic illnesses.

Updated: May 08, 2013, - 03:09 PM

Doctors try historic cell transplant on boy with HIV, leukemia

If all goes as planned at the University of Minnesota’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital, the child — who has not been publicly identified — could become the second person in the world cured of both deadly illnesses by an extraordinary type of cell transplant.

Updated: April 24, 2013, - 10:17 AM