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
Children’s Minnesota suspends pediatric gender health services amid Trump funding threats
Essentia Health in Duluth may also end the services if Trump administration cuts Medicaid, Medicare funding to hospital systems that provide gender transition medications to minors.
February 4, 2026
Minnesota has second-highest rate of violent injuries of hospital workers
High number of injuries among hospital workers in Minnesota includes intentional assaults and aggression by confused or delirious patients.
January 29, 2026
Minnesota doctors say ICE deters patients from seeking health care
Clinics are offering telemedicine and house calls to patients who won’t leave home during the federal immigration crackdown and are running out of medicine and food.
January 20, 2026
Minnesota bags almost all of requested $200M federal grant to boost rural health care
The state must distribute $193 million to rural health care providers and prove the money improves care in 2026 before it can ask for more in 2027.
January 19, 2026
ICE subpoenas worker documents from Hennepin County’s public hospital
The county hospital that has treated detainees brought in under guard by ICE is now having its own workers scrutinized.
January 16, 2026
ICE detainee with severe skin disorder is going home
Judge allows Libyan asylum-seeker to post bond and avoid further detention, but family said he suffered malnourishment and wounds related to restraints.
January 15, 2026
ICE presence could hamper blood collection amid seasonal shortage
Blood supplies often run short because fewer people donate over the holidays, leaving some hospitals with less than two-day supplies on hand.
January 14, 2026
A Libyan man came to Minnesota for medical treatment. Then ICE detained him.
Woodbury man came from Libya to Minnesota for treatment of rare skin condition, then stayed to earn his degree and become a celebrated graduate and IT worker.
January 13, 2026
‘I’m a physician,’ he said. ‘Don’t care’ was the reply.
Bystander medical assistance was declined to George Floyd and Renee Good. Medical experts say ICE agents and a physician observer likely acted within their training after recent shooting.
January 12, 2026
Minnesota backs full pediatric vaccine schedule, breaking with CDC
The decision means Minnesota parents must obtain more vaccinations than federally recommended for their children to attend K-12 school, or file official exemptions.
January 8, 2026
After holiday spike, virulent flu strain might be ebbing in Minnesota
Hospitalizations tapered, offering hope of a peak to the flu wave, but a return to school raises pediatric risks.
January 8, 2026
Reductions in federally recommended childhood vaccines put Minnesota health officials in a bind
Ignoring leading professional medical associations, U.S. cuts pediatric vaccinations from 17 infectious diseases to 11.
January 5, 2026
