Politics
Help is on the way for homeless encampment in south Minneapolis
"Unprecedented" effort will offer assistance on housing, medical care, drug treatment.
Business
Scrutiny continues as Medtronic acknowledges cybersecurity issues with its medical devices
Critics say company has been slow to act on medical devices' cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Minneapolis
Bat found on path near Lake Harriet tests positive for rabies
Health officials urge shots for anyone who might have come in contact with the animal.
Business
Three Minnesotans file suit after illness from Hy-Vee's recalled pasta salad
Eighteen people are known to have been sickened by the tainted pasta.
Local
'It is not a hoax': Child drug video investigated in Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids police have investigated a video of a local teenage girl passing a marijuana pipe to a grade-school-aged relative to smoke.
Local
Former Sen. Norm Coleman says cancer's return has 'shaken my soul'
Coleman was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. He survived an earlier bout with neck and throat cancer in 2015.
Local
Minneapolis Children's and its neonatal doctors set to split up
A dispute between Children's Minnesota and doctors caring for its fragile premature newborns has spawned a lawsuit and a professional divorce that could undermine neonatal intensive care in the Twin Cities.
Local
Wildfire smoke prompts air quality alert across Minnesota until Sunday
Pollution officials expected air quality to worsen across northern and western Minnesota tonight.
Science
Tweets and social media photos drive nips and tucks
Expectations driven by social media are affecting patients with eating disorders such as anorexia as well.
Science
Our social networks have critical health benefits
Even the weak ties can serve important functions such as boosting health and buffering against stress and loneliness, researchers have found.
Local
Minn. health officials, campground owner spar over disease outbreak that made 72 sick
Minnesota officials say the intestinal infection has sickened 72 campers; facility's owner challenges their science.
72 sickened in waterborne illness outbreak at Zumbrota campground
Minnesota health officials say they've identified at least 72 people who have gotten sick in a waterborne illness outbreak at a Zumbrota campground.
Local
U of M reports breakthrough on 3D printing for spinal repairs
Animal and human tests are needed, but Minnesota engineers have addressed a key hurdle in using stem cells.
Local
Rare look at Minnesota hospital costs finds huge swings
Four common procedures can cost wildly different amounts — even within the same hospital.
Politics
Minnesota clears giant backlog of elder abuse complaints
State reviewed and closed more than 3,000 unresolved cases alleging maltreatment in senior facilities.
Local
Measles sickens 5-year-old child in Hennepin County
Health officials link the infection to overseas travel but warn others who might have been exposed.
Variety
Five rockin' ways to add healing crystals to your routine
Healing crystals are the latest alternative health obsession.
Local
Anti-addiction drugs proving tough for state's poor to obtain
Despite Minnesota's professed commitment to battling opioid abuse, the state's own health insurance program for the poor is among the biggest barriers in getting anti-addiction drugs to patients, according to doctors at several clinics across the state.
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