Kids and codeine cough meds are a bad combination
Come children receive no benefit, while others are at risk for overdose despite taking the recommended amount.
Safe Kids car-seat clinics: Minor adjustments can make major differences
Safe Kids Anoka County and others offer free inspections to try to ensure children's seats are properly installed.
Coronavirus
Summer school could be an option for more Minn. students this year
Some federal aid may go toward offsetting "learning loss"caused by pandemic hurdles.
Variety
Adult children still living at home? How families can address 'failure to launch'
Twin Cities psychologist specializes in families with young adults who aren't moving on.
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E-learning comes with added curve for special ed students
Remote learning presents extraordinary challenges for special education students
Local
Pandemic forces churches to reimagine Christmas services, pageants
Many churches launched online services last spring, never imagining they would have to concoct a new universe of virtual holiday choirs, children's pageants, Advent wreath-lightings and more.
Local
Anoka-Hennepin schools partner with treatment center to help students
A licensed clinical professional helps the district assess and support students using drugs or alcohol.
Local
Santa and Mrs. Claus make a special delivery to Children's Minnesota hospital in St. Paul
Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus arrived at the hospital's main entrance Wednesday morning to drop off gifts for young patients, escorted by members of the St. Paul Police Department. The gifts will be distributed to patients the week of Christmas.
Coronavirus
Minnesota sticks with its school plans as pressure to reopen grows
Rising spread of COVID-19 and staffing shortages have sent more than half of Minnesota's public districts and charter schools into full-timedistance learning. And there's little indication that students could be back to schools anytime soon.
Coronavirus
Last big school districts in Minnesota shift to distance learning
Because of pandemic-related staffing shortages, most doubt a return to classrooms until at least January.
Study suggests video games can be good for players' mental health
A study by Oxford University researchers on how playing video games affects mental health used data from video game makers, marking what the authors say is a rare collaboration between academics and the game industry.
Coronavirus
Fewer Minn. children receiving mental health care during pandemic
More therapy is moving to telehealth visits.
Here comes Santa Claus - with face masks and plexiglass
Santa Claus is coming to the mall — just don't try to sit on his lap.
Coronavirus
Virus pushes more Minnesota schools to distance learning
A few districts have provided tentative dates for when they hope to bring students back. But many school leaders are telling parents they don't know when distance learning might end.
Crispr Gene Editing Can Cause Unwanted Changes in Human Embryos, Study Finds
CRISPR technology can wreak havoc on some embryonic cells.
Nation
San Francisco is one of nation's virus bright spots but city struggles over closed schools
As a third wave of infections has begun to take off across much of the country, San Francisco has been a bright spot. After experiencing…
Coronavirus
No ACTs, virtual visits: Seniors navigate strange college season
No ACTs or on-campus visits for most seniors.
Local
'Hail Mary' surgery gives girl with rare cancer a second chance at life
After two months in the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, the 11-year-old got the OK to return to home in Baltimore.
Coronavirus
Pandemic adds to challenge of diversifying Twin Cities teaching ranks
A pandemic and the racial reckoning stemming from the death of George Floyd are fueling apprehension and concern among Twin Cities area teachers of color.…
Coronavirus
Minnesota schools grapple with shifts in COVID-19 cases
Despite state guidelines to help school districts decide whether or when to switch to hybrid or full-time remote learning models, the recommendations are nonbinding, leaving it to district administrators to make the final call.
Local
Minnesota schools seize momentum to tackle racism, achievement gaps
Minnesota schools, reopening amid a pandemic and a national reckoning over systemic racism, are sharpening their focus on the state’s decadeslong problems with achievement gaps…
Coronavirus
As outbreaks emerge, school leaders put contingency plans to test
No sooner had classes begun when many shifted gears.
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