Jeremy Olson
Reporter
A University of St. Thomas graduate, Olson completed fellowships at the Kaiser Family Foundation, Poynter Institute and New York Times. Honors include a Premack Public Affairs award for scrutinizing a schizophrenia drug trial, a SABEW award for uncovering abuses of meatpackers, and a Casey Medal for examining deaths in foster care. His Pulitzer-winning series on child care led to a decline in child deaths. Olson and his family live in Edina.
Latest from Jeremy Olson
U project backs hepatitis B vaccine, challenges Trump administration
Federal vaccine advisers in the Trump administration had proposed delaying the first doses, but a U review found no scientific basis for the switch.
December 2, 2025
Losing chiropractic benefits is painful for Minnesotans
Elimination of Medicaid benefit could cut off chiropractic care for low-income and disabled Minnesotans who can’t afford it on their own.
December 1, 2025
Jury awards nearly $20 million for ‘botched’ Mayo surgery
Iowa woman underwent multiple corrective surgeries after initial colorectal procedure left diseased tissue behind.
November 26, 2025
Minnesota parents sue formula maker over infant’s botulism
Lawsuit alleges “worst nightmare” as baby girl hospitalized after consumption of tainted and now-recalled formula.
November 21, 2025
Minnesota readies early warning system for measles
Measles cases in Rochester this fall offered a test case that wastewater sampling could identify even the slight presence of the infectious disease.
November 13, 2025
Minnesota infant suffers botulism from tainted, recalled formula
ByHeart Whole Nutrition expands recall to all of its formula products, which should be returned or discarded.
November 10, 2025
Minnesota applied for a share of Trump’s rural health grant. Now the wait is on
State’s proposal for $1 billion advocated for one-time investments that will spawn long-term improvements in workforce, childbirth services and more. But it won’t offset the much bigger losses from cuts to the federal Medicaid health program.
November 10, 2025
Allina cutting childbirth, surgery services in Faribault
The health system will consolidate two childbirth centers in south-central Minnesota following Mayo Clinic’s withdrawal of obstetricians from the region.
November 7, 2025
Regions Hospital in St. Paul seeks state approval to add 85 beds, relieve overcrowding
HealthPartners made its third request in a decade to expand the trauma center, even as other hospitals contract.
November 7, 2025
Striking Allina doctors say they fear burnout will hurt patient care
Doctor strikes have occurred before, but are a rarity in the U.S. and haven’t happened before in Minnesota.
November 5, 2025
Minneapolis nonprofit’s discovery may allow for more bone marrow donations
Pairing donors and recipients with mismatched blood types could hasten more life-saving stem cell transplants for patients with leukemia and other blood disorders.
November 3, 2025
Health worker layoffs avoided with promise of federal funds
A “verbal commitment” of stopgap funding allowed leaders of the Minnesota Department of Health to at least delay layoffs necessitated by the prolonged federal shutdown.
October 31, 2025
